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 9: Person granting pottah entitled to a counterpart engagement.
    Every person who grants a pottah is entitled receive from the person to whom the pottah is granted a kubooliyat or counterpart engagement in conformity with the terms of the pottah. The tender to any ryot of a pottah such as the ryot is entitled to receive shall be held to entitle the person to whom the rent is payable to receive a kubooliyat from such ryot.
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