Act Number: 8

Act Name: The Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873

Year: 1873

Enactment Date: 1873-02-11

Long Title: An Act to regulate Irrigation, Navigation and Drainage Northern India.

Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shaktri

Department: Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Section 40: When occupier is -to pay both owner‟s rate and occupier‟s rate.
    140. When occupier is to pay both owner's rate and occupier’s rate.--If such land is occupied by the owner,
     or if it is occupied by a tenant whose rent is not liable to enhancement on the ground that the value of the produce of the land or the productive powers of the land has or have teen increased by irrigation,
     such owner or tenant shall pay the owners rate as well as the occupiers rate.
Notes:
1. Sections 40 to 43 rep. in the Punjab by the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (16 of 1887), s. 3 and the Schedule.
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