Section 11

Landholder not to compel the attendance of tenant for adjustment of rent or for any other purpose.

The Bengal Rent Act, 1859

  • Act 10 of 1859
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
About this Act

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

All sections
    The power heretofore vested in Zemindars and other landholders of compelling the attendance of their tenants for the adjustment of their rents or for any other purpose is with drawn, and all such persons are prohibited from adopting and means of compulsion for enforcing.
    Payment of rent to be enforced only under this Act.—payment of the rents due to them other than are authorized by the provisions of this Act.
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