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 25: Ejectment of cultivators, farmer, &c. by Zemindars.
    If any Zemindar or other person in receipt of the rent of land requires assistance to eject any cultivator not having a right of occupancy, or to eject any farmer or other tenant holding only for a limited period after the determination of his lease or tenancy or any agent after the determination of his agency, or to enforce any attachment or ejectment expressly authorized by any Regulation or Act, he shall make application to the Collector, and the Collector shall proceed thereupon to enquire into the case and pass orders in the manner provided for suits under this Act..
    Proviso.—Provided that no such application for the ejectment of a farmer on the determination of a lease shall be received, if the lease be of the kind denominated ticca zur-i-peshgee or the like, in which an advance has been made by the leaseholder, and the proprietor’s right of the re-entry at the end of the term is contingent on the re-payment of such advance either ill money or by the usufruct of the land. In all such cases the parties must proceed by suit in the Civil Court.
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