Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887.

Year: 1887

Enactment Date: 1887-09-23

Long Title: An Act to amend the Law relating to the Tenancy of Land in the Punjab.

Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development

Department: Department of Land Resources

Section 7: Right of occupancy in land taken in exchange.
    If the tenant has voluntarily exchanged the land, or any portion of the land, formerly occupied by him for other land belonging to the same landlord, the land taken in exchange shall be held to be subject to the same right of occupancy as that to which the land given in exchange would have been subject if the exchange had not taken place.
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