(1) When a landlord accepts rent in respect of any holding sent by postal money order by a thika tenant under clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 13 or by the Controller under section 21 or withdraws any rent deposited under section 17 or section 18, the fact of this acceptance or withdrawal shall not be used in any way as evidence that he has admitted as correct any of the particulars set forth in the pOstal money order form or in the application for deposit of such rent.
(2) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against the Crown or against any officer of the Crown in respect of anything done by the Controller receiving a deposit under section 17 or section 18; but nothing in this Act shall prevent any person entitled to receive any amount so deposited from recovering the same from any person to whom it has been paid under section 20 or section
21.
Disposal of rent deposited under section 18.
Saving.
Interest arrears.
10 The Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter III—Provisions as to rent of thika tenancies.--- Chapter IV—Appeals and certain special procedures.— Sections 23-27.)
on 23. Any arrear of rent shall bear simple interest at the rate of six and a quarter per centum per annum from the expiry of the time within which the rent or the instalment of rent is payable under the provisions of section 12 or is to be deposited under section 17 or section 18, as the case may be, to the date of payment or of the institution of the suit, whichever date is earlier.
Restrictions on enhancement of rent.
Enhancement of rent.
Reduction of rent by the Controller.
24. The rent of a thika tenant shall not be enhanced except as provided in this Act.