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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Opium Act, 1857 Section 18

EXACTIONS BY LANDHOLDER FROM RAIYAT RECOVERABLE, TOGETHER WITH PENALTY, IN SUMMARY SUIT BEFORE COLLECTOR If any

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Opium Act, 1857 Section 18 is part of Opium Act, 1857 - EXACTIONS BY LANDHOLDER FROM RAIYAT RECOVERABLE, TOGETHER WITH PENALTY, IN SUMMARY SUIT BEFORE COLLECTOR If any. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 18: EXACTIONS BY LANDHOLDER FROM RAIYAT RECOVERABLE, TOGETHER WITH PENALTY, IN SUMMARY SUIT BEFORE COLLECTOR If any zamindar or other proprietor of land, or any farmer of land shall exact from any raiyat on account of his poppy land any illegal excess or any higher rate of rent than he is lawfully entitled to demand, the raiyat, or the 34 [district opium officer] or pother officer duly authorized in this behalf 35 ,may institute a suit before the Collector, and recover from such proprietor or former the sum exacted by him in excess of his lawful demand, together with a penalty of treble the amount of such excess; and such suit shall be tried according to the rules prescribed for suits instituted before a Collector relating to arrears or exactions of rent.

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What does Opium Act, 1857 Section 18 provide?

Section Section 18 of the Opium Act, 1857 (EXACTIONS BY LANDHOLDER FROM RAIYAT RECOVERABLE, TOGETHER WITH PENALTY, IN SUMMARY SUIT BEFORE COLLECTOR If any) 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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