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 93: Joinder of tenants as parties to proceedings relating to rent.
    (1) Any number of tenants cultivating in the same estate may, in the discretion of the Revenue-officer or Revenue Court and subject to any rules which the Local Government may make in this behalf, be made parties to any proceeding under Chapter III ;
    (2) But a decree or order shall not be made in any such proceeding unless the Revenue-officer or Revenue Courts is satisfied that all the parties thereto have had an opportunity of appearing and being heard.
    (3) A decree or order made in any such proceeding shall specify the extent to which each of the tenants is affected thereby.
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