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Section 51

The West Bengal Non Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1949State Act of West Bengal · Act 20 of 1949

( 1 1 In any or lhe following cases, namcly-

(3) :vhcn a non-agricultural tenant tcnders tnoncy on account of rcn( and the landlord rcfuses lo rcucive it or rcru'uscs to grant a receipr Tor it;

(b) whcn a non-agricultural tennnl bound to pay money on account OT rent has reason ro believe, qwing to a tendcr having bcen refused of a receipl withheld on a previous occasion, that the person lo whom his rent is payable will no1 be willing to receivc i t and ro granl him arcccipr [or it;

{c) when thc rent is pnyoble ro co-sharers jointly and the nonagricultural tenan1 is unable ro ob~ain the join1 receipt of thc co-sharcrs for the muney and no person has been cinpowered lo rcceive !he rcnt on their bchalf; or

(d) when the non-agriculwral tcnanr e ~ c n a i n s a botrufide doubl as to who is cnlitlcd to rcccive t l ~ c rcnt, rhc non-agricuI~ural rennnt may prescnl to he Caun having jurisdiction to cnlertain a suil for the rcnt of his rcnancy an application in writing for permission to dcposil in thc Court a sum not less lhan rhe mounr of rhe money then duc.

(a) canlain a statement ol the grounds on which it is niade:

'See hot-noic 5 on p y c 12 I. nrrre.

Act V DT

190s.

(h) slate-

(i) in rhc cases rcferrcd lo in clauscs (a) and (b) or subsccrion (1) [he namc of the person to whosc crctlil the dcposit is to be entered, (j i ) in ihc case rcrerred 10 i n clause (c) of [hat sub-sccrion.

h e namm or rhc co-sharers 10 whom [he renl is due.

or of so many or rhcm as lhe non-agricullural [enant may bc able to spwiry, and

(iii) i n [he casc rcfcrrcd lo in clausc (d) of that sub-scclion, the namc of rhe person LO whom the renl was paid and of the pcrson OF persons now claiming it;

(c) bc signed and vcrified in h e manncr providcd in subrules (2) and (3) of rule 15 of Ordcr VI in Schcdulc I to he Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, by thc non-agricultural tenant, or wherc he is no1 personally cognizanr of ~hc facrs, of the case, by some pcrson so copnizan~; and (dl be accompanied. in the cascs referrcd to in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) by rhe prcscribcd cos: of transmission of rhc money dcposi~cd LO the landlord and in the cascs referred 10 in clauses (c) and (d) of that subsection by a fce of he prescribed amount.

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ActThe West Bengal Non Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1949
Section51
JurisdictionState of West Bengal
StatusIn force as published by the source

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