The Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1859
Central Act · Act 11 of 185962 provisions
The enactment
| 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. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 11 of 1859 |
| Year | 1859 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Rural Development |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 62 |
| Subjects | property |
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- Section 1 Laws repealed.
- Section 2 What is an arrear of revenue.
- Section 3 Latest day of payment.
- Section 4 In Sylhet, personal property of defaulters may in the first instance be distrained and sold.
- Section 5 Proviso in the case of certain descriptions of arrears.
- Section 6 Notifications of sale to be issued, and no tender after latest day of payment to stop the sale.
- Section 7 Notice to ryots, &.
- Section 8 Claims against Government held by a defaulter not to invalidate a sale.
- Section 9 Deposits receivable from persons not proprietors.
- Section 10 Separation of shares held in common, by the opening of a separate account.
- Section 11 Separation of shares consisting of specific portions of land, by the opening of a separate account.
- Section 12 If objection be made, parties to be referred to the Civil Court.
- Section 13 Sale of separate shares.
- Section 14 Entire estate may be sold under certain conditions.
- Section 15 Deposit for the protection of an estate from sale.
- Section 16 Withdrawal of the deposit.
- Section 17 Estates under Court of Wards or attachment.
- Section 18 Estates may be specially exempted from sale.
- Section 19 Sales where to be made.
- Section 20 Adjournment of sales.
- Section 21 Order of selling.
- Section 22 Deposit on account of purchase money.
- Section 23 Full payment of purchase money.
- Section 24 Re-sale.
- Section 25 Appeals.
- Section 26 Annulment of sale in special cases.
- Section 27 Sales when final.
- Section 28 Certificate of sales.
- Section 29 Delivery of possession.
- Section 30 Liability of purchaser.
- Section 31 Application of purchase money.
- Section 32 Notification of annulment of sale.
- Section 33 Jurisdiction of Civil Courts in suits to annul sales.
- Section 34 Effects of annulment by decree of Court of sales under this Act.
- Section 35 If sale annulled purchase money to be refunded.
- Section 36 Suit brought to oust a purchaser on the ground that the purchase was made for another person, to be dismissen.
- Section 37 Rights of a purchaser of a permanently settled estate sold for its own arrears.
- Section 38 Registration of talookdaree tenurs created after settlement and held for terms of years.
- Section 39 Common and special registry.
- Section 40 Application for registry.
- Section 41 Procedure on application for common registry.
- Section 42 Procedure on application for special registry.
- Section 43 Registration of leases of certain lands.
- Section 44 Registration of old tenures.
- Section 45 Time for application for registry of tenures and farms.
- Section 46 Expenses of measurement, survey, or local enquiry.
- Section 47 Civil Court not competent to order entry in the special register.
- Section 48 Suit for the cancelment of the registry of a tenure or farm.
- Section 49 Proceedings of Revenue Authorities in the registration of tenures, &c.
- Section 50 Effect of entry in the special register.
- Section 51 Protection of talookdaree tenures pending enquity, in case of sale of parent estate for arrears of revenue.
- Section 52 Rights of a purchaser of an estate not permanently settled sold for its own arrears.
- Section 53 Rights of a purchaser being a sharer in any estate.
- Section 54 Rights of purchasers of shares of estate.
- Section 55 Recovery of arrears due to defaulters.
- Section 56 Punishment for contempt.
- Section 57 Default in making deposit to be considered a contempt.
- Section 58 Government may purchase at a sale.
- Section 59 Fees and charges demandable by Collector.
- Section 60 Regulations VII. 1822 and IX. 1825 to be in force in certain estates.
- Section 61 Interpretation.
- Section 62 Application and commencement of this Act.
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