Section 48

Cost of serving summons or warrant to be deposited in Court.

The Bengal Rent Act, 1859

  • Act 10 of 1859
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
About this Act

An Act to amend the law relating to the recovery of Rent in the Presidency of Fort Willian in Bengal.

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    The amount of the cost of serving the summons, or if a warrant be issued as provided in the next succeeding Section, of serving the warrant, shall in all cases to deposited in Court upon the same day or the day next following that on which the plaint or statement of claim is presented to the Collector. If the said amount be not so deposited (except in cases in which the Collector may allow the issue of summons free of cost under the discretion reserved to him in Section CXLVI), the case shall not brought on the file of suits: but in such case the plaintiff may present another plaint at any time within the period allowed by the rules for the limitation of actions.
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