THE PUNJAB TENANCY ACT, 1887 pdf
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C O N T E N T S
SECTIONS PAGESPreamble .............................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1
PRELIMINARY
1. Title, extent and commencement. ........................................................................................1
2. [Repealed]
3. [Repealed]
4. Definitions........................................................................................................................ 1-4
CHAPTER II
RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY
5. Tenants having right of occupancy.................................................................................. 4-5
6. Right of occupancy of other tenants recorded as having the right before passing of
Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868...................................................................................................5
7. Right of occupancy in land taken in exchange. ...................................................................5
8. Establishment of right of occupancy on grounds other than those expressly stated
in Act....................................................................................................................................5
9. Right of occupancy not to be acquired by mere lapse of time.............................................5
10. Right of occupancy not to be acquired by joint owner in land held in joint
ownership.............................................................................................................................5
11. Continuance of existing occupancy rights. ..........................................................................5
CHAPTER III
RENT
Rents generally
12. Respective rights of land-lord and tenant to produce. .........................................................6
13. Commutation and alteration of rent. ....................................................................................6
14. Payments for land occupied without consent of landlord................................................ 6-7
15. Collection of rents of undivided property............................................................................7
15-A. Rights and liabilities regarding rent and government dues..................................................7
Produce rent
16. Presumption with respect to produce removed before division or appraisement. ...............7
17. Appointment of referee for division or appraisement..........................................................7
18. Appointment of assessors and procedure of referee. ...........................................................7
19. Procedure after division or appraisement. ....................................................................... 7-8
20. Enhancement of produce rents of occupancy tenants..........................................................8
21. Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing section.................................................8
Cash-rents paid by tenants
having rights of occupancy
22. Enhancement of cash rents of occupancy tenants................................................................8
23. Reduction of rent referred to in the last foregoing section. .................................................8
General provisions relating to suits
for enhancement or reduction of rent
24. Enhancement and reduction of rent by suit..........................................................................9
25. Discretion as to extent of enhancement or reduction...........................................................9
26. Time for enhancement or reduction to take effect. ..............................................................9
Adjustment of rents expressed
in terms of the land-revenue.
27. Adjustment of rents expressed in terms of the land revenue. ........................................ 9-10
Adjustment of rents paid by occupancy tenants
in Attock District.
27-A. Adjustment of rents paid by occupancy tenants in Attock District. ............................ 10-11
Alteration of rent on alteration of area
28. Alteration of rent on alteration of area...............................................................................11
Remission
29. Remission of rent by Courts decreeing arrears..................................................................11
30. Remission and suspension of rent consequent on like treatment of land revenue.............12
Deposits
31. Power to deposit rent in certain cases with Revenue Officer. ..................................... 12-13
32. Effect of depositing rent.....................................................................................................13
Recovery of rent from attached produce
33. Recovery of rent from attached produce............................................................................13
Leases for period exceeding term
of assessment of land revenue
34. Treatment of leases for period exceeding or equal to term of assessment of land
revenue......................................................................................................................... 13-14
CHAPTER IV
RELINQUISHMENT, ABANDONMENT AND EJECTMENT
Relinquishment
35. Relinquishment by tenant for a fixed term. .......................................................................14
36. Relinquishment by any other tenant. .................................................................................14
37. Relinquishment of part only of a tenancy..........................................................................14
Abandonment
38. Abandonment of tenancy by occupancy tenant. .......................................................... 14-15
Liability to ejectment
39. Grounds of ejectment of occupancy tenant........................................................................15
40. Grounds of ejectment of tenant for a fixed term................................................................15
41. Ejectment of tenant from year to year................................................................................15
Procedure on ejectment
42. Restriction on ejectment. ............................................................................................. 15-16
43. Application to Revenue Officer for ejectment...................................................................16
44. Ejectment for failure to satisfy decree for arrear of rent....................................................16
45. Ejectment of tenant from year to year by notice.......................................................... 16-17
46. Power to make rules...........................................................................................................17
General provisions respecting ejectment
47. Time for ejectment.............................................................................................................17
48. Relief against forfeiture. ....................................................................................................17
49. Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing................ 17-18
Relief for wrongful dispossession
50. Relief for wrongful dispossession or ejectment.................................................................18
50-A. Bar to civil suits. ................................................................................................................18
51. Bar of relief by suit under section 9, Act I of 1877. ..........................................................18
Power to vary dates prescribed by this Chapter
52. Power of Provincial Government to fix dates for certain purposes...................................18
CHAPTER V
ALIENATION OF, AND SUCCESSION TO, RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY
Alienation
52-A. Provisions of Chapter V not to apply to muqarraridars. ....................................................19
53. Private transfer of right of occupancy under section 5 by tenant. .....................................19
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. ..................................20
56. Transfer of right of occupancy under any other section than section 5.............................20
57. Rights and liabilities of transferee of right of occupancy..................................................20
58. Sub-letting..........................................................................................................................20
58-A. Transfer of right of occupancy under any section of the Act by exchange. ......................20
Succession
59. Succession to right of occupancy................................................................................. 20-21
Irregular transfers
60. Irregular transfer of right of occupancy.............................................................................21
CHAPTER V-A
Succession to Non-occupancy Tenancies.
60-A. Succession to non-occupancy tenancies. ...........................................................................22
CHAPTER VI
IMPROVEMENTS AND COMPENSATION
Improvements by landlords
61. Improvements by landlords on tenancies of occupancy tenants........................................22
62. Enhancement of rent in consideration of an improvement made by a landlord on
the tenancy of an occupancy tenant. ............................................................................ 22-23
Improvements by tenants
63. Title of occupancy tenant to make improvements. ............................................................23
64. Title of tenants not having right of occupancy to make improvements.............................23
65. Improvements made before commencement of this Act. ..................................................23
66. Improvements begun in anticipation of ejectment.............................................................23
67. Tender of lease for twenty years to tenant to be a bar to right to compensation. ..............23
68. Liability to pay compensation for improvements to tenants on ejectment or on
enhancement of his rent. ....................................................................................................23
Compensation for disturbance of clearing tenants
69. Compensation for disturbance of clearing tenants.............................................................24
Procedure in determining compensation
70. Determination of compensation by Revenue Courts .........................................................24
71. Determination of compensation by Revenue Officers.......................................................24
72. Matters to be regarded in assessment of compensation for improvements. ..........................
73. Form of compensation. ......................................................................................................25
Relief in case of ejectment before
determination of compensation
74. Relief in case of ejectment before determination of compensation...................................25
CHAPTER VII
JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE
Jurisdiction
75. Revenue Officers. ........................................................................................................ 25-26
76. Applications and proceedings cognizable by Revenue Officers.................................. 26-27
77. Revenue Courts and suits cognizable by them. ........................................................... 27-29
Procedure where revenue matter is raised in a Civil Court.
Administrative control
78. Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers and Revenue Courts...........................29
79. Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases. ................................... 29-30
Appeal, Review And Revision
80. Appeals. .............................................................................................................................30
81. Limitation for appeals.................................................................................................. 30-31
82. Review by Revenue Officers. ............................................................................................31
83. Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review..........................31
84. Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue Officers and
Revenue Courts............................................................................................................ 31-32
Procedure
85. Procedure of Revenue Officers..........................................................................................33
86. Persons by whom appearances may be made before Revenue Officers as such and
not as Revenue Courts. ......................................................................................................33
87. Costs...................................................................................................................................33
88. Procedure of Revenue Courts. ..................................................................................... 33-34
89. Power of Revenue Officer or Revenue Court to summon persons....................................34
90. Mode of service of summons....................................................................................... 34-35
91. Mode of service of notice, or order or proclamation or copy thereof................................35
92. Additional mode of publishing proclamation. ...................................................................35
93. Joinder of tenants as parties to proceeding relating to rent................................................35
94. Exception of suits under this Act from operation of certain enactments...........................35
95. Payment into Court of money admitted to be due to a third person. ........................... 35-36
96. Execution of decree for arrears of rent. .............................................................................36
97. Prohibition of imprisonment of tenants in execution of decrees for arrears of rent. .............
98. Power to refer party to Civil Court. ...................................................................................36
99. Power to refer to High Court questions as to jurisdiction..................................................36
100. Power of High Court to validate proceedings held under mistake as to jurisdiction.........36
Miscellaneous
101. Place of sitting....................................................................................................................37
102. Holidays. ............................................................................................................................38
103. Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled..................................................38
104. Retention of powers by Revenue Officer on transfer. .......................................................38
105. Conferment of powers of Revenue Officer or Revenue Court. ................................... 38-39
106. Power of Board of Revenue to make rules. ................................................................. 39-40
107. Rules to be made after previous publication......................................................................40
108. Powers exercisable by Board of Revenue from time to time.............................................40
CHAPTER VIII
EFFECT OF THIS ACT ON RECORDS-OF-RIGHTS AND
AGREEMENTS
109. Nullity of certain entries in records-of-rights. ...................................................................40
110. Nullity of certain agreements contrary to the Act........................................................ 40-41
111. Saving of other agreements when in writing. ....................................................................41
112. Effect of certain entries made in records-of-rights before November, 1871. ........................
113. Nothing but rent or seed supplied recoverable. .................................................................41
114. Extinction of occupancy tenancies............................................................................... 42-43
114-A. Extinction of Muqarraridari rights............................................................................... 43-44
114-B. Removal of doubts. ............................................................................................................44
115. Limits of holding for personal cultivation. .................................................................. 44-46
116. Offences. ...................................................................................................................... 46-47
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