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 22: Deposit on account of purchase money.
    The party who shall be declared the purchaser of an estate or share of an estate at any such public sale as aforesaid, shall be required to deposit or immediately or as soon after the conclusion of the sale of the estate at share as the Collector or other Officer as aforesaid may think necessary, either in cash Bank of Bengal Notes or Post Bills or Government Securities to be valued at the market rate of the day, duly endorsed, twenty percent on the amount of his bid and in default of such deposit, the estate or share shall forthwith be put up again and sold.
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