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 119: Distrainer may apply for aid to the Collector upon occasion of resistance made or apprehend.
    If a distrainer shall be opposed, or shall apprehend resistance, and shall desire to obtain the assistance of a public Officer, he may apply to the Collector, and the Collector may, if he thinks necessary, depute an Officer to support the distrainer in making the distraint.
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