Section 16

Procedure after lapse of period mentioned in notification under section XII.

The Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act, 1863

  • Act 19 of 1863
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
About this Act

An Act to Consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Partition of Estates paying Revenue to Government in the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal.

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    After the expiration of the period mentioned in the Notification referred to in Section XII of this Act, the Collector shall, if necessary, cause a measurement of all the lands comprised in the estate to be made, and a rent-roll of the same to be prepared.
     The village-papers which are required to be prepared and periodically deposited in the office of the Collector, under the provisions of sections XI1 and XII1 , Regulation IX, 1833 (to modify certain portions of Regulation VII, 1822, and Regulation IV, 1828; to provide for the more speedy and satisfactory decision of Judicial Questions cognizable by Officers of Revenue employed in making Settlements under the above Regulations; for enforcing the production of the village accounts; for the more extensive employment of Native Agency in the Revenue Department; and to declare the intent of Section V, Regulation VII, 1822, touching claims to Malikana), may be used for the purposes of this Act.
     Provided that any of the proprietors shall be permitted to file a rent-roll of the estate, which shall be accepted if acknowledged to be correct by all the proprietors.

Notes

1. Repealed, so far as they relate to the North-Western Provinces, by Act XIX of 1873.

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