Act Number: 10

Act Name: The Bengal Rent Act, 1859

Year: 1859

Enactment Date: 1859-04-29

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

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 2: Ryot entitled to a pottah.
    Every ryot is entitled to receive from the person to whom the rent of the land held or cultivated by him is payable, a pottah containing the following particulars:—
    The quantity of land; and where fields have been numbered in a Government survey, the number of each field.
    The amount of annual rent.
    The instalments in which the same is to be paid.
    And any special conditions of the lease. If the rent is payable in kind, the proportion of produce to be delivered, and the time and manner of delivery.
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