Section 37
Circumstances to be considered in making partition
The Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act, 1863
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.
In selecting the villages or
lands to be included in each separate estate,
the advantages or disadvantages arising from situation;
the vicinity of roads, railways, navigable rivers, or canals;
the nature and quality of the soil and produce;
the quantity of culturable and unculturable waste land;
the depth at which water may be procurable;
the number of tanks and wells;
the state of the embankments and water-courses; and
any other local circumstances affecting the present, or likely to influence the future, value of the lands, shall be duly considered:
and the villages or lands to be included in each estate shall be fairly and impartially selected.
So far as may be practicable, and consistent with compactness of partition, lands held in severalty shall be left in the possession of the parties holding the same.
lands to be included in each separate estate,
the advantages or disadvantages arising from situation;
the vicinity of roads, railways, navigable rivers, or canals;
the nature and quality of the soil and produce;
the quantity of culturable and unculturable waste land;
the depth at which water may be procurable;
the number of tanks and wells;
the state of the embankments and water-courses; and
any other local circumstances affecting the present, or likely to influence the future, value of the lands, shall be duly considered:
and the villages or lands to be included in each estate shall be fairly and impartially selected.
So far as may be practicable, and consistent with compactness of partition, lands held in severalty shall be left in the possession of the parties holding the same.