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 129: Place and manner of sale of distrained property.
The sale shall be held at the place where the distrained property is deposited, or at the nearest gunge, bazar, haut, or other place of public resort, if the Civil Court Ameen or other Officer should be of opinion that it is likely to sell there to better advantage. The property shall be sold by public auction in one or more lots as the Officer holding the sale may think advisable; and if the demand with the costs of distress and sale be satisfied by the sale of a portion of the property, the distress shall be immediately withdrawn with respect to the remainder.
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