Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Central Provinces Land-Revenue Act, 1881

Year: 1881

Enactment Date: 1881-06-08

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Land-revenue and the powers of Revenue-officers in the Central Provinces.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 138: Duties of lambardars.
    It shall be the duty of every lambardar and sub-lambardar—
        (a) to collect and pay into the Government Treasury so much of the land-revenue as may under section seventy-one be payable through him, either solely or jointly with other lambardars or sub-lambadars;
        (b) to collect and pay to the mukaddam, or into the Government Treasury, as the Deputy Commissioner may direct, all sums of money payable through him, either solely or jointly with other lambardars or sub-lambardars, by the proprietors whom he represents, on account of the remuneration of the mukaddam, patwaris or village-watchmen, or on account of any expenses which the mukaddam is authorized to recover from the lambardars or sub-lambardars of his village;
        (c) to assist the mukaddam in obtaining all particulars which he is bound to enter in the annual village-papers, or to report under this Act.
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