Punjab Land-Revenue Act, 1887

Bare Act · 1887

An Act to amend and declare the Land-revenue Law of the Punjab.

Act number: 17 of 1887
Enacted: 23 September 1887
Contents: 158 sections · 11 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II

Section 6 – Classes of Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 7 – Financial Commissioner (preview)
Section 8 – Appointment of Commissioners, and Deputy, Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners (preview)
Section 9 – Appointment of Tahsildars and Naib-tahsildars (preview)
Section 10 – Powers of Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 11 – Superintendence and control of Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 12 – Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases (preview)
Section 13 – Appeals (preview)
Section 14 – Limitation for appeals (preview)
Section 15 – Review by Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 16 – Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 17 – Power to make rules as to procedure (preview)
Section 18 – Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 19 – Power of Revenue-officer to summon persons (preview)
Section 20 – Mode of service of summons (preview)
Section 21 – Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation or copy thereof (preview)
Section 22 – Mode of making proclamation (preview)
Section 23 – Place of sitting (preview)
Section 24 – Holidays (preview)
Section 25 – Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled (preview)
Section 26 – Retention of powers by Revenue-officers on transfer (preview)
Section 27 – Conferment of powers of Revenue-officers (preview)

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Section 61 – Security for payment of land-revenue (preview)
Section 62 – Further security for payment of land-revenue (preview)
Section 63 – Orders to regulate payment of land-revenue (preview)
Section 64 – Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land-revenue (preview)
Section 65 – Costs recoverable as part of arrear (preview)
Section 66 – Certified account to be evidence as to arrear (preview)
Section 67 – Processes for recovery of arrears (preview)
Section 68 – Writ of demand (preview)
Section 69 – Arrest and detention of defaulter (preview)
Section 70 – Distress and sale of moveable property and crops (preview)
Section 71 – Transfer of holding (preview)
Section 72 – Attachment of estate or holding (preview)
Section 73 – Annulment of assessment of estate or holding (preview)
Section 74 – Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment, and consequences of the proclamation (preview)
Section 75 – Sale of estate or holding (preview)
Section 76 – Effect of sale on encumbrances (preview)
Section 77 – Proceedings against other immoveable property of defaulter (preview)
Section 78 – Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear (preview)
Section 79 – Proclamation of sale (preview)
Section 80 – Indemnity to Revenue-officer with respect to contents of proclamation (preview)
Section 81 – Publication of proclamation (preview)
Section 82 – Time and conduct of sale (preview)
Section 83 – Power to postpone sale (preview)
Section 84 – Stay of sale (preview)
Section 85 – Payment of deposit by highest bidder (preview)
Section 86 – Consequences of failure to pay deposit (preview)
Section 87 – Exercise of right of pre-emption (preview)
Section 88 – Time for payment in full (preview)
Section 89 – Procedure in default of payment (preview)
Section 90 – Report of sale to Commissioner (preview)
Section 91 – Application to set aside sale (preview)
Section 92 – Order confirming or setting aside sale (preview)
Section 93 – Refund of purchase-money on setting aside of sale (preview)
Section 94 – Proclamation after postponement or on re-sale (preview)
Section 95 – On confirmation of sale, possession and certificate to be granted to purchaser (preview)
Section 96 – Proceeds of sale (preview)

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Section 110 – Effect of partitions of estates and tenancies on joint liability for revenue and rent (preview)
Section 111 – Application for partition (preview)
Section 112 – Restrictions and limitations on partition (preview)
Section 113 – Notice of application for partition (preview)
Section 114 – Addition of parties to application (preview)
Section 115 – Absolute disallowance of partition (preview)
Section 116 – Procedure on admission of application (preview)
Section 117 – Disposal of questions as to title in property to be divided (preview)
Section 118 – Disposal of other questions (preview)
Section 119 – Administration of property excluded from partition (preview)
Section 120 – Distribution of revenue and rent after partition (preview)
Section 121 – Instrument of partition (preview)
Section 122 – Delivery of possessions of property allotted on partition (preview)
Section 123 – Affirmation of partition s privately effected (preview)
Section 124 – Power to make rules as to costs of partition (preview)
Section 125 – Re-distribution of land according to custom (preview)
Section 126 – Officer who may be empowered to act under this Chapter (preview)
Section 127 – Power to refer to arbitration (preview)
Section 128 – Order of reference and contents thereof (preview)
Section 129 – Nomination of arbitrators (preview)
Section 130 – Substitution of arbitrators by parties (preview)
Section 131 – Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue-officers (preview)
Section 132 – Process for appearance before arbitrators (preview)
Section 133 – Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof (preview)
Section 134 – Procedure on presentation of award (preview)
Section 135 – Effect of award (preview)

Chapter XI

Chapter XII