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Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1948

.....or the decree or order of a Court holds the land on lease permanently; or (b) the commencement or duration of whose tenancy cannot satisfactorily be proved by reason of antiquity; and includes a tenant whose name or the name of whose predecessor-in-title has been entered in the record of rights or in any public record or in any other revenue record as a permanent tenant immediately before the commencement of the Amending Act, 1955; (11) "Person" includes [a joint] family; (12) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (13) "Profits of Agriculture" in respect of any land means the surplus remaining [with the holder] after the expenses of cultivation including the wages of the cultivator working on the land are deducted from the gross produce; Explanation:- If the member of the family of a holder work on the land for the purpose of cultivation thereof, the labour of such members shall be taken into account in estimating the expenses of cultivation referred to in this clause; (14) "Protected tenant" means a person who is recognised to be a protected tenant [under section 4A; [* * * * * * * * * (16) "Rent" means any consideration, in money or.....

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1935

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....inconsistent with the scheme of Federation embodied in this Act: Provided that after the establishment of the Federation, if any Instrument has in fact been accepted by His Majesty, the validity of that Instrument or of any of its provisions shall not be called in question and the provisions of this Act shall, in relation to the State, have effect subject to the provisions of the Instrument. (5) It shall be a term of every Instrument of Accession that the provisions of this Act mentioned in the Second Schedule thereto, may, without affecting the accession of the State, be amended by or by authority of Parliament, but not such amendment shall, unless it is accepted by the Ruler in a supplementary Instrument, be construed as extending the func­tions which by virtue of the Instrument are exercisable by His Majesty or any Federal Authority in relation to the State. (6) An Instrument of Accession or supplementary Instrument shall not be valid unless it is executed by the Ruler himself, but, subject as afore­said, references in this Act to the .Ruler of a State include references to any persons for the time being exercising the powers of the Ruler of the State, whether by.....

Government of India Act, 1935 [Repealed] Schedule VI

Title: Sixth Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1935

.....possession of the land, estate or mahal; "urban area" means a municipality, notified area or cantonment, and includes the Government gun carriage factory estate of Jubbulpore and any prescribed railway settlements; "watandar patel" and "watandar patwari" means respectively a patel and a patwari appointed under section five of the Berar Patels and Patwaris Law, 1900. (2) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule ante-alienation tenants as defined in section seventy-two of the Berar Land Revenue Code, 1928, and section forty of the Berar Alienated Villages Tenancy Law, 1921, permanent tenant as defined in section forty-seven of the Berar Alienated Villages Tenancy Law, 1921, and tenants of antiquity as defined in section seventy three of the Berar Land Revenue Code, 1926, shall be deemed to hold agricultural land in other than tenancy right. (3) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding sub-paragraph, the provisions of this Part of the Schedule shall have effect in relation toany persons who are co-sharers in, or in a tenancy or lessee of, land or other immovable property as if the respective shares of those persons in the land property, tenancy or lease were.....

The Orissa Tenancy Act, 1913 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1913

.....the landlord has not given his consent, to the transfer. (2) The holding or a portion or a share thereof shall not be liable to be sold in satisfaction of the decree for arrears of rent without making the said transferee a party to the proceedings in execution of the decree; provided that the transferee has given notice of transfer by registered post to the landlord. Explanation - Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in the Code of Civil Procedure, in the case of a transfer of a holding or a portion or a share thereof, whether before or after the decree may be brought on record in the proceedings in execution either in substitution of or in addition to the judgment-debtor, and such transferee shall, when so added or substituted, be treated as a judgment-debtor for all purposes of the said proceedings in execution of the decree. Section 32 - Presumption as to fair and equitable rent The rent for the time being payable by an occupancy raiyat shall be presumed to be fair and equitable until the contrary is proved. Section 33 - Restriction on enhancement of money rents Where an occupancy raiyat pays his rent in money, his rent shall not be enhanced, except.....

The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1887

..... 50. Relief for wrongful dispossession or ejectment 50-A. Bar to civil suits. 51. Bar of relief by suit under section 9, Act I 1877 Power to very dates prescribed by this Chapter 52. Power for State Government to fix dates for certain purposes CHAPTER V. ALIENATION OF, AND SUCCESSION TO, RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY 52-A Omitted. 53. Private transfer of right of occupancy under section 5 by tenants 54. Procedure on foreclosure of mortgage of right of occupancy under section 5. 55. Sale of right of occupancy under section 5 in execution of decree 56. Transfer of right of occupancy under any other section than section 5. 57. Rights and liabilities of transfer of right of occupancy 58. Subletting 58-A Transfer of right of occupancy under any section of the Act by exchange 59. Succession to right of occupancy 60. Irregular Transfer of right of occupancy CHAPTER VI. IMPROVEMENT AND COMPENSATION. Improvements by landlords 61. Improvements by landlords on tenancies of occupancy tenants .....

West Bengal Nonagricultural Tenancy Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1949

.....is less than twelve years,. (c) land in the districts of Darjeeling or Jalpaiguri which is held for purposes connected with the cultivation or manufacture of tea, [and] (d) land vested in, or in the possession of, the State Government in respect - of which any license has been granted by the State Government Provided that where an order has been made under section 72 converting a parcel of land which is not non-agricultural land into a tenancy to which the provisions of this Act apply such land shall be deemed to be non-agricultural land ; (5) "non-agricultural tenant" means a person who holds non-agricultural land under another person and is, or but for a special contract would be, liable to pay rent to such person for that land but does not include 77.Words subs, for the words "any person who holds any such land on which any premises occupied by such person are situated if such premises have been erected, or are owned, by the person to home such occupier is, or but for a special contract would be, liable to pay rent for such occupation," by W.B. Act 24 of 1953. [a person who holds any premises or part of any premises, situated on non-agricultural land and erected or owned by.....

The Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1953

.....persons to whom land is allotted.] (4) "Reserved area" means the area lawfully reserved under the 2"Punjab Tenants ( Security of Tenures),Act,1950 (Act XXII of1950), as amended by President's Act of 1951, hereinafter referred to as the "1950 Act " or under this Act. 1Added by Punjab Act No. 14 of 1962 and shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th April,1953,-vide section 1 (2) of the Act ibid. 2 Repealed by section 28 of this Act. (5) "Standard acre" means a measure of area convertible into ordinary acres of any class of land according to the prescribed scale with reference to the quantity of yield and quality of soil. 1 [(5-a) "Surplus Area" means the are other than the reserved area, and, where, no area has been reserved ,the area in excess of the permissible area selected 2[ under section 5-B or the area which is deemed to be surplus area under sub-section (1) of section 5_C) 3[ and includes the area in excess of the permissible area selected under section29-B]; but it will not include a tenants permissible area: Provided that it will include the reserved area, or part thereof, where such area or part has not been brought, under.....

The Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1955

.....reasonably compact areas; (ii) specialized farms engaged in cattle breeding, dairying or wool raising; (iii) sugarcane farms operated by sugar factories; (iv) efficiently managed farms which consist of compact blocks on which heavy investment or permanent structural improvements have been made and whose break-up is likely to lead to a fall in production; (v) lands belonging to registered co-operative societies formed for the purpose of co-operative farming provided the land owned by an individual member of the society does not exceed the permissible limit; and (vi) where a land owner gives an undertaking in writing to the Collector that he shall, within a period of two years from the commencement of the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Second Amendment) Act 1956, plant an orchard in any area of his land not exceeding ten standard acres, such area of land. (2) Where a landowner has, by an undertaking given to the Collector, retained in any area of land with him for planting an orchard and fails to plant the orchard within a period of two years referred to in clause (iv) of sub-section(1), the land so retained by him shall on the expiry of that period vest in the.....

Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 Chapter II

Title: General Provisions, Regarding Tenancies

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....in the State Government and the provisions of the Act shall apply to such tenant as if he had been ordered to be registered as an occupant under sub-section (5) of section 48A.] Provided that the3[Tribunal] shall not order restoration of possession of the land,4[if3[it] is satisfied] that the land is held on lease bona fide by a tenant who is not a member of the family of the landlord, or the dispossession, by surrender of the tenancy or by eviction, took place in accordance with any provision of law, or that another person, not being the landlord, is legally entitled to possession of the land. (3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) shall have effect notwithstanding that another person not being a person referred to in the proviso to sub-section (2), may be in possession of the land as a tenant or otherwise, and where such other person is so in possession he shall be liable to be evicted. _______________________________ 1. Omitted by Act 14 of 1965 w.e.f. 29.7.1965. 2. Substituted by Act 38 of 1966 w.e.f. 29.9.1966. 3. Substituted by Act 1 of 1979 w.e.f. 1.1.1979. 4. Substituted by Act 1 of 1974 w.e.f. 1.3.1974. 5. Inserted by Act 1 of 1979 w.e.f. 1.1.1979. Section 8 -.....

Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1949

.....entitled to the deposit. (2) The Controller may pay the amount of any deposit notified under sub-section (1) to any person who proves to his satisfaction to be entitled to the same or is entitled to the amount as a result of a settlement referred to in sub-section (1) of section 18 or he may, if he thinks fit, retain the amount pending the decision of a Civil Court as to the person so entitled. (3) If no payment is made under sub-section (2) before the expiration of three years from the date of notice issued under sub-section (1) or three months after the decision of the Civil Court, whichever is later, the amount deposited may in the absence of any order of a Civil Court to the contrary be repaid to the depositor upon his application and on his returning the receipt given by the Controller when the rent was deposited. Section 22 Saving (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.....