Section 37: Circumstances to be considered in making partition

The Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act, 1863Central Act · Act 19 of 1863

In selecting the villages or

lands to be included in each separate estate,

the advantages or disadvantages arising from situation;

the vicinity of roads, railways, navigable rivers, or canals;

the nature and quality of the soil and produce;

the quantity of culturable and unculturable waste land;

the depth at which water may be procurable;

the number of tanks and wells;

the state of the embankments and water-courses; and

any other local circumstances affecting the present, or likely to influence the future, value of the lands, shall be duly considered:

and the villages or lands to be included in each estate shall be fairly and impartially selected.

So far as may be practicable, and consistent with compactness of partition, lands held in severalty shall be left in the possession of the parties holding the same.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act, 1863
Section	37
Marginal note	Circumstances to be considered in making partition
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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