Section 12
Power to inquire into consideration for leases, etc.
The Murshidabad Estate Administration Act, 1933
About this Act
An Act to provide for the appointment of a Manager on behalf of the Secretary of State of the properties of the Nawab Bahadur or Murshidabad and define the powers and duties of the Manager.
The Manager may inquire into the sufficiency of the consideration for which any lease, settlement, grant, mortgage, charge or lien was given and whether it was given in contravention of the conditions of the Murshidabad Act, 1891(15 of 1891), and if satisfied that the consideration was insufficient or that such lease, settlement, grant, mortgage, charge or lien was given in contravention of the said Act may, by order in writing, set a side or modify such lease, settlement, grant, mortgage, charge or lien; and any such order, subject to the appeal provided insection 13, shall have the force of a decree of a competent Civil Court andbe enforceable as such.