Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1859

Year: 1859

Enactment Date: 1859-05-04

Long Title: An Act to improve the law relating to sales of Land for arrears of Revenue in the Lower Provinces under the Bengal Presidency.

Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development

Department: Department of Land Resources

Section 21: Order of selling.
    On the day of sale fixed according to Section VI of this Act sales shall proceed in regular order ; the estate to be sold bearing the lowest number on the towjee or register in use in the Collector’s Office of the district being put up first, and so on, in regular sequence; and it shall not be lawful for the Collector or other Officer as aforesaid to put up any estate out of its regular order by number, except where it may be necessary to do so 011 default of deposit, as provided in Section XXII of this Act.
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