Section 78
Suits for ejectment or cancelment of lease.
About this Act
An Act to amend the law relating to the recovery of Rent in the Presidency of Fort Willian in Bengal.
Any person desiring to eject a ryot or to
cancel a lease on account of non-payment of arrears of rent, may sue for such ejectment or cancelment
and for recovery of the arrear in the same action, or may adduce any unexecuted decree for arrears of rent
as evidence of the existence of such arrear in a suit for such ejectment or cancelment. In all cases of suits
for the ejectment of a ryot or the cancelment of a lease, the decree shall specify the amount of the arrear, and if such amount together with interest and costs of suit be paid into Court within fifteen days from the
date of the decree, execution shall be stayed.