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Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1859

.....for any period extending beyond the lifetime or incumbency of the grantor of the lease shall be valid and binding on the successors of the grantor, unless the same shall be granted for the working of mines or for the clearing of jungle, or for the erection of dwelling houses or manufactories, or for tanks, canals and similar works, and shall be approved by the Commissioner of the Division, such approval being certified by an endorsement on the lease under the signature of the Commissioner. Section 2 Court of Wards and Revenue authorities have like power in certain cases If any of the said ghatwali lands by at any time under the superintendence of the Court of Wards, or otherwise subject to the direct control of the officers of 1[the Government], it shall be lawful for the Court of Wards or the Commissioner to grant leases for any such purpose as aforesaid; and every lease so granted shall be valid and binding on all future possessors of the said lands, anything in the existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. West Bengal State Acts