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 84: In what case a judgment-debtor may be detained or imprisoned without issue of process of execution.
    If the decree be for arrears of rent or for money, papers, or accounts, and the defendant have been committed to jail or appear pursuant to the conditions of any security bond given under section LI, the Collector may order that he be detained in or committed to the Civil jail, unless he immediately pay into Court the amount of the decree with costs, or otherwise comply with the terms of the decree.
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