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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Opium Act, 1857 Section 16

ADJUSTMENT OF CULTIVATORS' ACCOUNTS AND RECOVERY OF BALANCE BY DISTRESS The accounts of the cultivators shall be

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Opium Act, 1857 Section 16 is part of Opium Act, 1857 - ADJUSTMENT OF CULTIVATORS' ACCOUNTS AND RECOVERY OF BALANCE BY DISTRESS The accounts of the cultivators shall be. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 16: ADJUSTMENT OF CULTIVATORS' ACCOUNTS AND RECOVERY OF BALANCE BY DISTRESS The accounts of the cultivators shall be adjusted annually by the 33 [district opium officers or other officers duly authorized in this behalf] as soon after the conclusion of the weighing and examination as possible; and any balance that may remain due from any cultivator, or from any method or intermediate manager, may be recovered by the 33 [adjusting officer] by distress and sale of the property of the defaulter or of his surety, in -the 'same manner and under the same rules as the property of defaulting cultivators in estates held khas may be distrained and sold by the Collector for the recovery of an arrear of rent or revenue: Sanction to issue of warrant. Provided that no warrant of distress and sale shall be issued by any 33 [adjusting officer] without the sanction of the Agent previously obtained.

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What does Opium Act, 1857 Section 16 provide?

Section Section 16 of the Opium Act, 1857 (ADJUSTMENT OF CULTIVATORS' ACCOUNTS AND RECOVERY OF BALANCE BY DISTRESS The accounts of the cultivators shall be) is reproduced on this page as part of the Opium Act, 1857. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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