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Section 1: Regarding Inams already declared permanent by competent authority since the introduction of the present Government

The Bombay Rent-free Estates Act, 1851Central Act · Act 11 of 1852

All lands held under a specific and absolute declaration by the British Government, or any competent officer acting under it, that they were to be continued hereditarily or in perpetuity exempt, wholly or partially, from the payment of Revenue, are to be so continued according to the purport of such declaration.

Provision 1st.—If any question shall arise as to the competency of the officer to make or give such declaration as aforesaid, the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner is to suspend his judgment, and report the circumstances of the case to the Governor of Bombay in Council, to whom a power is hereby reserved of determining finally whether such officer was competent to make or give such declaration, and the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, upon receiving the determination of the said Governor in Council, shall decide accordingly.

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ActThe Bombay Rent-free Estates Act, 1851
Section1
Marginal noteRegarding Inams already declared permanent by competent authority since the introduction of the present Government
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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