No dependent talookdar or other person possessing a permanent transferable interest in land, intermediate between the proprietor of an estate and the ryots, who, in the Provinces of Bengal, Behar, Orissa, and Benares, holds his talook or tenure (otherwise than under a terminable lease) at a fixed rent which has not been charged from the time of the permanent settlement, shall be liable to any enhancement of such rent, anything in Section LI Regulation VIII. 1793, or in any other law, to the contrary notwithstanding.