Section 17: Power to make rules as to procedure.

The Punjab Land-Revenue Act, 1887Central Act · Act 17 of 1887

(1) the Local Government may make rules consistent with this Act for regulating the procedure of Revenue-officers under this Act in cases in which a procedure is not prescribed by this Act.

(2) The rules may provide, among other matters, for the mode of enforcing orders of ejectment from, and delivery of possession of, immovable property, and rules providing for those matters may confer on a Revenue-officer all or any of the powers in regard to contempts, resistance and the like which a Civil Court may exercise in the execution of' a decree whereby it has adjudged ejectment from, or delivery of possession of, such property.

(3) Subject to the rules under this section, a Revenue-officer may refer any case which he is empowered to dispose of under this Act to another Revenue-officer for investigation and report, and may decide the case upon the report.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Punjab Land-Revenue Act, 1887
Section	17
Marginal note	Power to make rules as to procedure.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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