Act 16 of 1887

The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887.

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Tenancy of Land in the Punjab.

  • Ministry of Rural Development
  • Department of Land Resources
  • Enacted 1887-09-23
  • 112 sections
SectionTitle
1 Title, extent and commencement.Read
2 Power to make rules in anticipation of commencement.Read
3 Repealed.Read
4 Definitions.Read
5 Tenants having right of occupancy.Read
6 Right of occupancy of other tenants recorded as having the right before passing of Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868. Read
7 Right of occupancy in land taken in exchange.Read
8 Establishment of right of occupancy on grounds other than those expressly stated in Act.Read
9 Right of occupancy not to be acquired by mere lapse of time.Read
10 Right of occupancy not to be acquired by joint owner in land held in joint ownership.Read
11 Continuance of existing occupancy rights.Read
12 Respective rights of landlord and tenant to produce.Read
13 Commutation and alteration of rent.Read
14 Payments for land occupied without consent of landlord.Read
15 Collection of rents of undivided property.Read
16 Presumption with respect to produce removed before division or appraisement.Read
17 Appointment of referee for division or appraisement.Read
18 Appointment of assessors and procedure of referee.Read
19 Procedure after division or appraisement.Read
20 Enhancement of produce - rents of occupancy tenants.Read
21 Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing section.Read
22 Enhancement of cash rents of occupancy tenants.Read
23 Reduction of rent referred to in the last foregoing section.Read
24 Enhancement and reduction of rent by suit.Read
25 Discretion as to extent of enhancement or reduction.Read
26 Time for enhancement or reduction to take effect.Read
27 Adjustment of rents expressed in terms of the land revenue.Read
28 Alteration of rent on alteration of area.Read
29 Remission of rent by Courts decreeing arrears.Read
30 Remission and suspension of rent consequent on like treatment of land revenue.Read
31 Power to deposit rent in certain cases with Revenue officer.Read
32 Effect of depositing rent.Read
33 Recovery of rent from attached produce.Read
34 Treatment of leases for period exceeding or equal to term of assessment of land revenue.Read
35 Relinquishment by tenant for a fixed term.Read
36 Relinquishment by any other tenant.Read
37 Relinquishment of part only of a tenancy.Read
38 Abandonment of tenancy by occupancy tenant.Read
39 Grounds of ejectment of occupancy tenant.Read
40 Grounds of ejectment of tenant for a fixed term.Read
41 Ejectment of tenant from year to year.Read
42 Restriction on ejectment.Read
43 Application to Revenue officer for ejectment.Read
44 Ejectment for failure to satisfy decree for arrear of rent.Read
45 Ejectment of tenant from year to year by notice.Read
46 Power to make rules.Read
47 Time for ejectment.Read
48 Relief against forfeiture.Read
49 Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing.Read
50 Relief of wrongful dispossession or ejectment.Read
51 Bar of relief by suit under section 9, Act I of 1877.Read
52 Power for local Government to fix dates for certain purposes.Read
53 Private transfer of right of occupancy under section 5 by tenant.Read
54 Procedure on foreclosure of mortgage of right of occupancy under section 5.Read
55 Sale of right of occupancy under section 5 in execution of decree.Read
56 Transfer of right of occupancy under any other section than section 5.Read
57 Rights and liabilities of transferee of right of occupancy.Read
58 Subletting.Read
59 Succession to right of occupancy.Read
60 Irregular transfer of right of occupancy.Read
61 Improvements by landlords on tenancies of occupancy-tenants.Read
62 Enhancement of rent in consideration of an improvement made by a landlord on the tenancy of an occupancy-tenant. Read
63 Title of occupancy-tenant to make improvements.Read
64 Title of tenants not having right of occupancy to make improvements.Read
65 Improvements made before commencement of this Act.Read
66 Improvements begun in anticipation of ejectment.Read
67 Tender of lease for twenty years to tenant to be a bar to right to compensation.Read
68 Liability to pay compensation for improvements to tenants on ejectment or on enhancement of his rent.Read
69 Compensation for disturbance of clearing tenants.Read
70 Determination of compensation by Revenue Court.Read
71 Determination of compensation by Revenue-officers.Read
72 Matters to be regarded in assessment of compensation for improvements.Read
73 Form of compensation.Read
74 Relief in case of ejectment before determination of compensation.Read
75 Revenue-officers.Read
76 Applications and proceedings cognizable by Revenue-officers.Read
77 Revenue Courts and suits cognizable by them.Read
78 Superintendence and control of Revenue-officers and Revenue Courts.Read
79 Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases.Read
80 Appeals.Read
81 Limitation for appeals.Read
82 Review by Revenue officers.Read
83 Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review.Read
84 Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue officers and Revenue Courts.Read
85 Procedure of Revenue officers.Read
86 Persons by whom appearances may be made before Revenue officers as such and not as Revenue Courts.Read
87 Costs.Read
88 Procedure of Revenue Courts.Read
89 Power of Revenue-officer or Revenue Court to summon persons.Read
90 Mode of service of summons.Read
91 Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation or copy thereof.Read
92 Mode of making proclamation.Read
93 Joinder of tenants as parties to proceedings relating to rent.Read
94 Exception of suits under this Act from operation of certain enactments.Read
95 Payment into Court of money admitted to be due to a third person.Read
96 Execution of decrees for arrears of rent.Read
97 Prohibition of imprisonment of tenants in execution of decrees for arrears of rent.Read
98 Power to refer party to Civil Court.Read
99 Power to refer to Chief Court questions as to jurisdiction.Read
100 Power of Chief Court to validate proceedings had under mistake as to jurisdiction.Read
101 Place of sitting.Read
102 Holidays.Read
103 Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled.Read
104 Retention of powers by Revenue officer on transfer.Read
105 Conferment of powers of Revenue officer or Revenue Court.Read
106 Power for Financial Commissioner to make rules.Read
107 Rules to be made after previous publication.Read
108 Powers exercisable by Financial Commissioner from time to time.Read
109 Nullity of certain entries in records-of-rights.Read
110 Nullity of certain agreements contrary to the Act.Read
111 Saving of other agreements when in writing.Read
112 Effect of certain entries made in records-of-rights before November, 1871.Read
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