Central Provinces Land-Revenue Act, 1881

Bare Act · 1881

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Land-revenue and the powers of Revenue-officers in the Central Provinces. Preamble.

Act number: 18 of 1881
Enacted: 8 June 1881
Contents: 162 sections · 13 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Section 46 – Separate sum to be assessed on every mahal (preview)
Section 47 – Matters as to which Chief Commissioner is to instruct Settlement-officer (preview)
Section 48 – What land taken into account in assessing mahal (preview)
Section 49 – Assessment to whom to be offered (preview)
Section 50 – Sub-settlement to be made with inferior proprietors when settlement is made with superior (preview)
Section 51 – Power to give directions as to payment of certain profits of superior proprietors (preview)
Section 52 – Power to make rules for reporting assessment for sanction (preview)
Section 53 – Offers of assessment to be made subject to revision and confirmation (preview)
Section 54 – Option to accept or refuse assessment (preview)
Section 55 – Proprietor not accepting in manner prescribed may be deemed to have accepted (preview)
Section 56 – Effect of acceptance of assessment (preview)
Section 57 – Procedure when assessment is refused (preview)
Section 58 – Procedure when only some proprietors accept assessment (preview)
Section 59 – Procedure on refusal of assessment in village in which superior and inferior rights co-exist (preview)
Section 60 – Procedure on refusal of assessment by inferior proprietors (preview)
Section 61 – Allowance to excluded proprietors (preview)
Section 62 – Excluded proprietors to have occupancy-rights in their sir-land (preview)
Section 63 – Aggregate amount of allowance granted to, and deduction from rent allowed to, excluded proprietor (preview)
Section 64 – Sub-settlement with malik-makbuzas and other like holders of land (preview)
Section 65 – Revenue payable under sub-settlement to be first charge on land (preview)
Section 66 – Settlement-officer to apportion assessment over lands held in severalty (preview)
Section 67 – to redistribute land according to custom (preview)

Chapter VI — Of Certain Investigations By The Settlement-Officer And The Preparation Of The

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Section 90 – Power of Chief Commissioner to regulate payment of land-revenue (preview)
Section 92 – Tahasildar's statement of account to be conclusive evidence of arrear (preview)
Section 93 – Notice of demand (preview)
Section 94 – Processes for recovery of arrears (preview)
Section 95 – Arrest and imprisonment for recovery of arrear (preview)
Section 96 – Imprisonment of defaulter in civil jail (preview)
Section 97 – Procedure in sales of moveable property (preview)
Section 98 – Management of mahal, share of land attached under section 94(c) (preview)
Section 99 – Effect of attachment (preview)
Section 100 – Profits of land how applied (preview)
Section 101 – Attachment when to cease (preview)
Section 102 – Transfer under section 94(d) (preview)
Section 103 – Procedure after receipt of sanction to annulment of settlement (preview)
Section 104 – Case of a portion of a mahal being managed or farmed (preview)
Section 105 – Settlement on expiry of management or farm (preview)
Section 106 – Effect of annulment of settlement (preview)
Section 107 – Saving of rights in sir-land (preview)
Section 108 – Nature of estate taken by purchaser of land sold for arrears due thereon (preview)
Section 109 – Rules for sale of immoveable property (preview)
Section 110 – Pre-emption at sales (preview)
Section 111 – Application of proceeds of sale of immoveable property (preview)
Section 112 – Costs recoverable as part of arrear (preview)
Section 113 – Matters as to which Chief Commissioner may make rules (preview)
Section 114 – Remedies open to person denying that sum demanded as an arrear is due (preview)
Section 115 – Limitation of right to set-off, &c., in suit for arrears (preview)
Section 116 – Recovery of arrear through Deputy Commissioner instead of by suit (preview)
Section 117 – Saving of right of malguzar to demand revenue of land assessed to revenue and held free (preview)
Section 118 – Limitation in suits for revenue (preview)
Section 119 – Interest on arrears (preview)

Sections

Section 91 – Arrear.Defaulters (preview)
Section 137 – Power to make rules as to officers (preview)

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII