The Bengal Regulation 2 of 1973

1~ 1..\'\o) l\1 \'f''>;l t: P793: Ben. Heg.2. HEJ'\GAL H.EGULATION 2 OF 1793 (Trm flFI\'G'\L T.AND-RFVE'IlT RHWT.ATtON, 1703) CO~Tr.NTS SECTIO:-< I. Preamble. 2. [Repealed.l 3. C"llectors of rew·nue. 4. Collectors subject to Eo:1.rd of Revemw. 5· Seals of Collectors, 6. Collectors to keep di:lry. 7. Du tics of Collectors. R. Nature of Duties. 9. Officers to obey orders of Collector. 10. Collectors not to <'mploy private servants rn publiC' matters. 11 - 13. [ Rej1uzled.] 14. In absence of Collector senior Assistant to officiate. 15. Collectors and their officers prohibited being concerned t xtra offi::ially in revenues. lti. Bonafide purcha~es of l:lncl at private sal<' by Collectors officers, etc. 17- 19. LRepealed 1 20. Collectors to krf'p rrcor cis. 21- 23. [Repeaf,•d.] 21. Collectors not to c·xercisf' autlroritv beyond limite; ol' their zilas without orders. · 25. Rule with regard to receipts. 26. Register of receipts for salaries, etc. 27- 32. [Repealed.] 33. In what ca~es Board may rr.quirr personal attendance. H - 35. I Rrpealtd.J 36. Powers of Boa rei as to ~cttlemo:nt of lands held khas. 37, Security for payment of 1evrnue. 38. Remissions. 39. Settlements to be madf' by Collectors. 40. Proct'dure on sf'ttlement being conclud<·d. 41. Collection of revenue. 42. Temporary suspensions. 43. • Remissions of b:1lances. r 44. Repealed]. 45. Duty of Board to furnish arr.ounts, etr. •6-70. f Rtpea!td.] 2. 1793: Ben. Reg.2.1 13 BENGAL REGULATIO::--J 2 oF 1793 (THE BENGAL LAND-REVENUE R EGULATION' 1793) (1] fist Ma;•, 1793.] A Regulation for abolishing the Courts of Mal Adalat or Revenue Courts and transferring the trial of the suits which were cognizable in those Court3 to the Courts of Dewani Adalat ; and prescribing Rules for the con 1 duct of the Board of Revenue [ 2 and the Collectors. 1. In * * * f 3 ] Bengal the greater part of the Preamble materials required for tl:te numerous and valuable manufactures, and most of the other·principal articles of export, are the produce of the lands: it follows that the commerce, and consequently the wealth of the country, must increase in proportion to the exten sion of its agriculture. •lie But it is not for commercial purposes alone that the encoura gement of agriculture is essential to the welfare of these [States] 4 The Hindus, who form the body of the people, are compelled, by the dictates of religion, to depend solely upon the produce of the lands for subsistence ; and the generality of such of the lower orden of the Natives as are not of that persuasion are, from hab!t ing or necessity, in a similar predicament. .ors The extensive failure or dest!llction of the crops that occasio nally arises from dmught nr inundation is in ronsequenc::e in variably followed hy famine, the ravages of which are felt chiefly by the cultivators of the soil a!J£! the manufacturers from whose labours the rountrv derives botn its subsistence and wealth. Experience h~ving evinced that. adequate supplies of grain , of are not obtainable from abroad in seasons of scarcity, the country must neces,arily continue subject to these calamities until the proprietors and cultivators of the lands shall have the means of mat [ 1] SHORT TITLE.-fhis short htle was l(iven by the Amt'nuing Act 1897 (V of 1897), since Up•aled. LOCAL EXTENT.- This Regulation has been d:clarcd, by notifica.t:on IS, under the Scheduled Di.,tricts .\ct, 1874, (XIV of I 87 ~) section 3, to b~ in force in the District of Sylhet-·see Notification No. 713-L., <.1 •ttd the 27th Sep· tcmber 1937. P.'\RTIAL REPE.\L.-So much ofmi' R('g'ulation a• rc-quin·~ the appoint· mmt of dewan• in th~ different districts, u•· defines the duties of the <.Iewan~, or relatr'l in any mh~r nnnn<'r, directly or in<.l•rcctlv, to tho~<· offices, was repealed by Bengal Rel(ulation XV of 1813. Specific rc:-ferences in the Regula don to dcwans were r<'pcaled by the Repcalin'!' Act, 1871 (XVI of 1874), and have bern omitted-t>ee footnote~, post. [ 2] In As~am, the Chi~f C"..ommiss1oner (Now, the State Govern ml'nt)-ue the 'Ben'{al, 'lihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act, 1912 (VII of 1912), s~ction 3, and Schedul• D, P~trt Ill, fxst as adapted by A. 0., 1950. 3. The word' "the British te•·ritories" is omitt!'d by A. 0., 1950. 4. Submtut.-d lor· 'Provinces' by A. 0 , 1950, ·-·------- -- . ---- - -·· ---- ---- -------------- - ---- -·- -· . ---·- --- ----~ 14 [1 i93: Ben. Reg .2. increasing the number of the rcservoil's, embankments and other artificial works, by which, to a gr<'at clegre(', the untimely cessa tion of the periodical rains may be provided against, and the lands protected from inundation ; and as a necessary consequence the: stock of grain in the c 'untry ;Jt large shall always be ~uffi­ cient to supply those occasional, hut less extensive, deficienci<'s in the annual producP which mav !Jc G'\J'l'Ctcd to occur notwith standing the adoption or the abovf' prrcaul!ons to obviate •hem. To ellcct these improvernrnts in a~rit:ultme, which must neces~arily be followed by the inen·asr o! ever- atticle of produce, has accordir.gly been one or tlw prim:u y uhj<.ns 10 which the attention of the [GovrrnJOcnt J' has b:-cn directed in its arrangements for the internal gon .. rnmrnt of tl:ese [States]. 2 As being the two funrlarnl'lll:ll m::-asurrs essential to the at tainment of it, the ptnpeny in tlw s,,j[ bas he.:n dPclmcd to b' vested in the landhold -rs, and rhe rewnue JMyable to Govern ment from each estate ha~ been fl xcJ fllrevf!r. These m<>asures have ar once rend··•cd in the interest ofthr. proprirtors to improve their estates, and <:rivf'n t!:e·11 1hc means of raising the fund~ necPssnrv l~H· that puqJose. The property in the sod \1'<1~ nevf!r bcforr or formally declared to l::e vested in the lanclhoiJe.-s, nur wet c they allowed to transfer such rig-ht~ as they did p.,~st·ss 01· rai~r money upon the credit of their tenures, wilhnul tltc previous sanction of Govennnent. • With respect t0 the public de,nancl up m each estate, it was liable to annual or frequent V<ttiation at the discretion of Go..,ern ment. The amount of it wa~ fix,d upon an rstimatt· formed hy the ,. public officers of !he a':?;gr<>gate or th. rent~ pay<lile l>y the raiyats or tenants for each Bi dta of laud in cultivation, of which, after deducting the expenses of coilectloll, ten-clt·vt~nths were usually considered as the right of !In· public and the rern1inder the share of the lar.dholder. Refusal to pay 1hc sum r<'quirrd of hint \\a\ followf·d by his removal from the lltanagemeHt of hi'i lands, ,ond the public clues were either let in !arm or collrctecl bv an officer or ( ;ovcrnment, and the above-me11tioned share of the landholder, or such ~urn y as special custom, or the orders of GO\cnm,ct.t, might have fixed was paid to him by the J:<rmer or from tlw public treilsury. When the extension of cultl\·ation \V:l~ productive only of a heavier assessment, and even 1he po~ses~ion or the property was uncertain, tlw hereditary lamlholdn 1Jad little inducement to improve his estate, and moneyed man had no encoura~ement to embark their capital in 1hc purchase or improvctnent of land, whilst not only the profit, but the securitv for the capital itself, was so precariou,. The samf! call'le~. thercrore, which prevl'ntcd the improve ment of land depreciated its value. Further measures, howcvt>r, <1rr. essentnl to the attainment of the important ol~ject aln,c stated. J. Substirutrd for "Briti~h Admini,trntinn' hv A. 0 .. 1<~50. 2. ., ·l'ruyiur•·,' b\ A. 0. 19511. 1 i!J3: Ben. H.cg.:!.j L.\~1 1 J{ I \ I Nl L l5 All <tue~tH>n'i b<·twu·n Oove1 rllll< 11t ,,nd the Jandhoklets respecting a~ses~n11·n t .llld cu:J,·ctioa uf the puulic revenue and disputed c;laitn:-. l)('twcctt the l.tlll'r ;rnd their raiyats orother persons concerned i 1 he cul!cnion of th-:ir re•tts, have hitherto !Jccn cognizable i:1 th.._ C<~uns f>f :-.tal Adal.1t or Revenue Courts. The Collect!) , I lite R•·\'tllllC p cside 111 these Courts as or judges and an appC.li ltc, lr•llll their dcci~iOII to the Board Revenue, .wd I rum tin ckuTc-:; of' tb.n Bo.tnl to the Governor Gener;d in Council in the Dcp.llllllt:nt ol Reveuuc. 'I ht• prupri ·tots t'art newt eon,idt'r, the pt ivi leges '.VItich have bcen coull:rrvl upon thc;tn as ~ccure, whilst lnr.: Revenuc oll!cers are vested'' ita llH'~t jthlici. .d pOI\tl~. Exdusiv,· ol Ll•t: <1bjcdiorrs .11 isin,; t11 these cr>urts ftom their irrcgul.tr ~..~mnhtry, .t.td olll'tt t·:;..p.tttc JJl'OCc:rdin~s, and from tltt: Cvlkt.tor s bctrt~ obi ige·d to xu~{ll'lld ti1e C-'~'' cisl' of their judicial funcu uts, "he1 1: e 1 th.._y illtcrf'ct c.: "ith their !inane ial dutie~, it i~ obvtvu~ that, tl tlw n~gulatiuus lot as~cssing and collecting the public re\euue· .11t inli·i11gcd, 1h e Rc,enuL·-olfict-1:; themselves must J,c tht: .u~gn·~~ors, awl that individuals who have been wronged by tllt'm 111 one <:LIJ>.lcitr <'.Ill never hope to obtain redress flo m thclll 111 an0thcr. !'heir financtal ( < up.llt•liiS e'<pt til~ di,lpt.tlif~ thcm for a<.l- utiuistcrin~ tl1t: (;II\ lJt:l\H'Cll the pt ope it. tot~ ul land and their tcnaub. Other security, tln:t.-lutc 111mt he l!ivcn to landed property and to till' ught~ ,ntached tn 1l hcft~tt· the dt·sired improvemcuts in agttcultulc t::111 lw e·,pt:ctcu to b.: clkctc·d. l:.o\Ctutw.:llt uttt~t Jj c.;:>l ll~c.:d ol the powcr of inlriuging, in its exet ut n c .• p.tl'it~. tht• tJghl> and fHII·ilq.;c.:" which, as excrcis tng tlte lcgtslatl\ c.: authority, ll 1!,,, <•JIIfenc:d on the: landhfJiders. lhc Kc\c.:;:Ul'·oflic ~~ J111l)t b~: d~!)ti·.cd of their judicial powers.* All hn.ntn<,l d,Litu- ol 1ltc.: [H<I,Ju., ''ht·n disputed under the or Regulation,, illllsl lit sulljccted ttl the cognJ/.i:IIH e of Coutts Judll. ..l ture, stiJJC•ri:Jt nded L · lt:rl•es 1\lw, from their ofllcial ~ttu.nious ,wtlth~: u .. rur ·of uwn l1 t,t,, ,;•<~II uut ouly be wholly unint,tcstc I Jn h 1 1 ,t 01 ll< ,,. <lt.t.i~tom, but i.JoutH.lto decide impat tlally b.;twce;ll tltc puiJitC antl tin! proprietOrS Of' land and 1 also betwcen tht: lattcr and thc.:tr tenants. or The (.ullcttoi~OI the IC•ellll' IJIUSt !IVL only bcdrvested -\ the pO\HI ol de.:, :cl:r.~,: upon thl'ir own acb, out Jt:mletccl ameu· IS able lor tltern to the ( 'oun, of J udicatun·, aud collect the public 0 due~ sul~jt~ct to .1 pet sotMI pt IJSt cutiou lor <·very exaction exceed I') ing the amount w tit.lt they arc ,tuthorizcd to dcmand on behalf I, r, of the public:, aud fur C\Ct)' del'iation lrom the Regulations pres cribcJ lot tlte co!icctton of' it. Nu powcr will tiwn cx~l iu tit• countt y b>· \\ hich the rights ~· \estell 111 tht.: l.t••dholucr:, by the Regulatious c..an be.. infringed or or the value lat.dc;d ptopctlf ctlt-ct\'(1. --------------- \ f~ l t ~· ''•' 11•'·1( t I i \.. l'l••o!!t•f'l• t•• l-..e c.1u .t..q;-..!.t'.l.ll lllllb , I cf !~~ , 1..111!' ::..r \ 11, ..... 16 jl793: Ben. Reg.~. Lanc.l mu~t, iu t.onseq ucncc bcLOIIlt: the most desirable of all property, and the inc.lustry of the p ·ople 'viii be directed to those improvements i 11 agnculture wltwh are a~ essential to th~ir own '~elfarc as to the prosperity of the 'Statt.. The following 11.1 :es, being the rulr:s passcu for the guidance of th:: collct.tors and the Board or Revenue, on the 8th June, 1787, and the :.!::ith April, l7!iB, witl1 alterations adapted to the prim:ipks above :,tat~.:d, h.wc been .tccord:ngly enacted. 2 [.lbu'itimz of Courts nf .\Ial .Ida/a'. J RejJ, by the RejJealing Act, 187J. (12 oj 18131• ColleclOIS 3. The collection or the I t'VCIIUC JHyaiJll' to Government ul Revwuo.;. from the estates in l'..l<.ll zila i~ to b.- committed, as heretofore, to a civil covcnauteu servant or the company, who is to be styled Collector of tile Rcvem11· l 1 ] of the zda to which he may be r <\j)p1Jilltcd • "' "' z ] < .. ,Jko.to£' L ·1 he Collectors l' I arc tu conespoud with Uuard of subj~d Ln Revenue ! J J and to conform to all i n:,tructions with which they lio.~rd ul have been furnished by that lloard, aud that a1c or may not be * Revmue. altered or rcvukcd by this or any other Regulation • • "' * I 4 I' and .li~o to all in-.tructiom which th(! Board or Re,enuc [ J lm.1y hereafter transmit l1> them. ::. ah "' 5. The Collectors l 1 I of the several ;:ila~ .ue to usc a circu- Cullcdora. Jar ~.-a! one j nch anu a hali iII d r i al!lcttr. The ~~.;als of the Collectors 1 I in llt·ngal awl Ori~sa arc to hear an insc1 iption to the following clfcct, in the Bengali • 5 Characte•s ami language 7, a11J the ~cals of the cdlcctors in Bihar a similar inscription, in the * * * * G + llinuustani laugu.tgc and Nag• i character. "fhe se,l( oft 1e Colkctor l! I ol the zila oi <.olkctors L" o. TIH: Collct:tors [ 1 J arc lo keep a regular Jiary ol their * "' * keep diary. ofhdal trall:sdt.tiuus, ~.;ithcr in the Lnglish, 8 or Bengali language, r<;coJ ding and attesting them w1th their oflicial ~igna­ turc at the time they m.1y take place. Dutil's of 7. The dulles prescribed in the following section <Ire to be Collectors. performed by the Colkctors 1 'J under the supe1 iutendence of the Board of Ren nue 1 J J. . tl. Fir.Jl.-fo collect the amount of the lill.cd rr•,·enue assessed '\<~.turc 01 duua. upon the Lwd:. of the lamind:~rs, independent talukdars or other actual propricto1 s of land, with or on behalf of whom a settlement has been or may be condudcd . .... [I J lu ,\~.<am •.l hc Dq.uly Cummissimu·r. h to the c:ccr('i,c ul funclion5 of D.-puty Cutllml>·.ton<·r~, ue the A~~am Lanu and R~nnu" H.q;ulation, 1886 (I of 1886), CIJaplll' \d l,jJO>I. (~ l lhe s~cond '''lllqlCt• of 5. 3, as t..> ••a•.hs. which wa' n p:alcd by the Rl·pl·ahJH· \rt, 187J \.II c•f JU73,. is oml 1 ·d. l3] In .\~~.tm, the Chicl Commtssto.ter t\'uw, llJc Stale (;ovcrnmcot) -Jtt theH•n·~al. llih.•r and Ori~sa and .\'~·lm L. ws .\ct, Jill:! I\ 11 of 1912), s.3 and Sd1. D. l't. II I.Jx~>l, as amend~d by the ,\. Q. t95t . [ 1 J l'ltc wonh and ligures "publiohed m th~ ma•.ner dirl'cted iu Rt'gula tion ~:;>,.LI, I i'IJ, "' which were tepcalcd by the Repeal ins .\ct, 1U7' (::\ \'1 ul' 18H), are omillc .J. 5. J bt words · .. md pc1s1an lllllittcd by ,\. 0. J\l:iO. 6. The wor(ls 'Pen.iau (. hara<.krs nmJ l;u U~be aud the.;' Vlnllted by the .\. o., l9~ll. 7. Subatilukd fur 'laJJ\IUage>' hy ,\. l)., 1•1:>11. 0. lue "'ord 'l'ntltll <.wllkd Ly A. U., l~SI!. lfi LA.xn !{ r· \'PNt E [171):$: Ben. Reg.:!. 17 F1{tttnllt.-'J o conform to all special orders that ha"e been or may be issued to them by the Board of Rev en lit>, [ 11 nr by puhlic officers empowered to issue such ntders. Officer& 10 ~. • "' ( ~] all * * [ j] officers under the Coli ctor [ 'l are to obey orders act agrr.t>ably to his oruers and ~ttrh rules as hr may presct;be. of Collecltlr. * "' [ •· J Coli 10. The Collectors l 4J are prohibited from employing 1 not~~>~~~~- direct'y or indirectly, thetr private servants, whether baniyas or ploy pri,·ate other~, in the dischargr of any part of their public dutit>s, it ser"ants in being rcquirc·d that, ut all matters relating to the tru"t commit or f:~~~·c mat- ted to them, they at t a~ the unly Ctll(>OWt:rt•d agrnts Govet n- ment. This prohibition, however, is not meant to 1 c~ll ic..t them from occasionally employing their assistant\ • • ["]or their infe rior public scnants in the <.:.1\t:S and in the lllanut>r in which tht"y or ate authoriscJ to make use their agetll.~. Ne 11. [A/J/Juil•lmml and ltiiiOtal '!} .\at11t caih-l.eepers.j Rrp. by I lte .l. 0. 1931. an 12. [h1m lo br o!•Sli/Jed iu ismin·: puU~t mcm(!',l Hrp. l~v Ad pr. 2.S i:!l 185J. 13. [ 4/-'/lfl:ntm,,ll a11cf mnoral of . \ict11·e sm an/J.] Rtp. b;• Ill, fill, A. 0. 1937. l8 In aLienee lJ. In the ~\ent ot the death or removal of a collector f'], /)(/I of CoJI~c- or of hrs abs<"nce li·om his station, the senior As~istant on the * ~:S·i~,:~~·;~· ~pot is to perform the duties of Collector • ["I and tht~ publi<: oftrciate. officers ol the Collectorship .trt> accoalingly to obey his orders. int 15. ~o Collector, [•] A,sistant * * I") to a Cullt>ctur, or be• any prtson [1] in the employ of a Collector or of an .\ssi~rant, wh Cvlkcton ~hall hold, direct!} or indirectlY, any tarm, or be roncf'rned on ()I'( ami rhe1r their prrv;tte account in the collection or payment of the r<"\·enur" v~~~n 'd''>- of any land~ in the zila, either as farmer, sur!"tv or othct wise: and pa• Uc:1~~~~~on- • • [ ] ofhctr~ and private sen ants and depender.ts ol Collector~ dar cer11ed.ex- ami i\s~istants ate pmhibit<"<l from purchasing, dire~• tly or traofficra II} the in re1ruu~. (1 1 Jn ,\SMIII, the Cloic! CouHuis,ioner (.\!mv th,. St:ttc G•>vt'tlllllrllt) -ut the lkrog.ol, llih.ar and Ori•n •nd A~~an1 l • ·~ \cl, 1<~12 {\ It ••f 191! . .. , adoptecl b)' the,\. 0 ., 1'1:i11. Bo. [•] 'J lw \\<>rd" "'J'he d~wan a rod'' wltidt w~rr. l''l'~all'!l hy thr Rt~p~alin~ Act,l8H (X\'1 of lR74),~ue omittr' ,] l'he word "l'iall\'C" onntt<'d b~ A. 0., 1~\11, nf I 1•] lu A•saul, Deputy (.vmnllo>ivnrr, :\s tv •he ~Xtl'll'~ of tunrtic•ns of (I o Deputy CumJni~iuJI('J, lte tlw A~~ .• m L:tn I aJOcl Rr Cnt•<' Hc~tul .. ri<on JKHo {I vf lKIIh', Cl:ap. \I l, j•oJI. iu ( I J 'J he \\OHh "'ll,e) a1e r•o• tv pcrfnnn an\ .tU of ;outhmny without hiJ I \ I : I m O e II r t i l o ·· n • a •r l a a r u y t , b ( o o r f i o t l \ ' 1 b u c m illf lc .( : r U I> p J a Hi i ~ n · .. o c l f h b o c m m• • rl h . n ru !' d o i n n . .. R . , ~ b u y m t l h U e ll (o !' l '( lr r i r . r . c (O l;n r, g I 1 ) i J x C Au Hoard CJf ReH·nut· tor I hr· (.;m ano• Gene• .. ! in ( Olllll'il, .uod also pf lxin~ aued 11• tl.t· Court 1M JUdicature lot dar. . a!(<', h\' an' pe; son -.ho mav ronaid .. r d r~ hrmselt "~t'::rit'ed b~ auch unauthon~ed att," •rp. by the A. 0., 1'1"17. '\• t ( ]1 he word5 ·•,,nd the dt"wans," which wcorc •rpealnt by the Repealing Act, li!H (~Vl of litH , 01rc onuunl. llldC [ ) lhc \\CJtd, "or dewan," which werr •rpc;.ol<"d by thr "lnlC' Ar are f'Oli llllliliC'd. [.] Tlle word f•person" substituted fur tl•e ,,.,,1d ":'\ati,e"' by A, 0., 1!150, -se '· 3, 1793: Ben. Reg.2.1 T ANn R!.!vE~t:E indirc<..lly, anv land that rhc Oollectot I' I n1av • di~po~c ol a~ public s<~lt·, under riw J>t'nalty of torlciting the property to (;m·crnment, upon proof bein~ made, to the ~atisf.tction of the Statr. <~overnrn,.nt [~f01 the propert~· having been so pur rha~rd, 16. 'l'lw rule~ in the l'tcrnlill!( ~e.~tiou, hfiW<'\I'r, ;uc not to llu"'1 fid1 Ix · COit~ . I C I t'rc'( I to pro h1'l J . l t ~· ·- ~ 1" · 1, <111 n ll' l iTI' I ' I o I' a (.'o II ector plaunrcdh aaste sp r n i- r l' J, 01 :\11\ p•!Valt' St'I'Vallt of • < ~oll.:ctor J 1 J or of dil As~ist?.nt, ,,,te sale by from purrha~ing- houo ficlt the pnlprit•t try 1 ight i11 lanch siluatetl Collector's in rhc /.ila, hy pri\·,tll" ,,tlr officers, etc. 1 ;'. r P ro/obit II/I 1/.._!(l/1/.\ I .!!I 1/llf It! !Ill to Eu•Ojltl/11$ .J Rtjl. l~y lh~ Rt'f'ralng lid, 186H IJ o/ 11/MI 11:. I ('"flftlnn •11"1 lhPn 11111/c/ltl• Jil,.fubilerl J111111 luul111g.] Rep, h· A. 0. 193;'. 19. [1Jrwa'l5 jJruluf,lfetl ) lOIII !Pndmg mrmey to jJiojni~tors of 1and.J NejJ. b) 1/uRejJNdmg.Jlf, 1873 (12 of 187:1). 20 Tltr" Collcctnts [1 I ar!' tn be careful that the act.:ounts ;~nd 1 t>rorcJ, of th,.ir rrspenivr· zilas arc krpt complete and uuh { .olk,tors prr:~c·t •eel. t•• b.crp 2l-2 !. I R1ll!> fr·r ;mr/uir•g .,ll•tj rwnpatt, and jlluht!n/wu agai111/ rcc,onJs. cmploying stp'~JJ in col/utiun '!J' rr,.ul'/l'.) Nrp. /,~ lite Repealmg Act, lH; r (IIi tf 1871). 2:1. I l~t:-•llioion on ''·'•ant ., '!( lnUa,"i.J 1:1/J. ) 1/u !.and !mpro VUIINII Act, /1/71 (26 qf ]/J ;'l). 2·t. The Collcctm·, I 1 I an' prohibited dt•ptnin~ .tny person Collector~ into the zila of any othet ( !olln.tor, or exerci~in~ anv authoritv n_ot 10 excr- l > cvoJtclJ t 1 ' ' I' l llll · l~ o! · 1 1 W · t r r•·spt'Cl · i \1' .lJ · 1 a s, f'\TCJlll . ll~ • 1 . 11 cases 1 . 1 • 1 • ri • t • v c h " e " v t o 1" , ' d - whicJ1 !lit) lll<l) bt> autlwrisf'd ~0 Ill tlo ~ '" * f j bv ~pccial il11~it> 1 ul t>nlcrs frt>m" nHl!Jll"lrnt .luthot it\. tl~cir £i)a, ~5. Thr: <:ullf'cWJ'> I' I arf' lo ~iq· IIW•tthlv t t;.:l'lpts for all 1\Hhout JM)'IllCnt• ol . rcvenut' 1 . 11t0 I I H ' . l t ltca,un . e s, S!Jf'C · I 1 . \ I . ll~ I I t c c I a te or orders d<tlCS 011 which tJtr lllOIIl'}- llla)' he- I C'Cf'iVccJ * >1- >Jo r···J. l~ulc with Tlw J..ef'IWrs of 1h r· '" * I~ J 1! To>rtls <liT lo kt'!'Jl a register of rcga_rc.J to tlwH• recr·ipt~ rrgtd.ll h 1111111hn r d I"'"Ceipl~. Aftt'l ho~,·iug t•·gbtur-rl tlw 11·• t·ipts tl.r·y :trr ln.tll• ton t!J,. !:tc•· of the' lit tlv· ri.Jte 011 wltid1 tlwy tnay lw rr!{i~tf'rnl. A 1 opy of tJ,j, rf'!!i~f•'l ;, t•' lw ltauslltltlt·d llt~>lllltly to 1hc Board ul Rr \I llttt', ,,r as ofteu ,1\ tll<tl R<,;lJd I' )111,1\' Jl'quire. [I ' In -\s..aw, du· Dq>lll} I •"111111 "i""'·r. .-\s I<• thc f'Xf'ITISI' of !'lltll ti01,~ of J.>t>pnly Lnno111ission~• "· .1rr (1,, A•~.nn Land and Re,cnou• Rl'gulal ions, 18l!f• or (I 18a6), Chap. \ 11,/'"''· [~I Sub,tilllted hy tl,.. \. 0 1 J•d• -111 I \. 0. l9~·llo~r "(;,,n·rum GcnCI«l iu Coun, il'~ to rt•tHI ,to;. ''~t<tte f;v,rrnrnt•nt 11 ] l he wotds o r " rlew.m or nth('r ,'' "hid1 were 1 <'p: .tlc:d h} the lh·pcahn~ A 1 I' I I I I H ~ ~~ { b X •l V i• I u •cd to 1 • 8 7.J " 1 a , r- · ; " , " ,; " ., . m o ; n llr ,c d . . .. -" '" A. 1 >. • J•>:,u. L> I The word• and fi"m~' ''b> " 1~•-;.:lll,lllo~l puhh.htd 111 the "'"'"'tl d11~•trd 111 R"~"l.'':nn XLI. Ji1JI, c•r'' whith '"''"' rt•fwalrd loy tlw Hcpcali"" :\ct, lllil (\.\I .,f IH74). at< "'"itl,·rl. I" I llw '""··h "~nd !lor spec c·~ nl ruprr~ j, "hid1 • ,., h I'"'"""'' 111ay f,,. mdcl~' whitlt were rqx-ak·d '" tlo~ Rc-p<'al>ng Act, lllH ,::\\ 1 ot I iii~), o.~l(; omitt~d. 1 7 I Tlu: word "';o..all\1" <olllltlcd by A. 0., l95H. [" I In A\sam the Chit·f ( onHnis,ic•n('( (Now the !:>t-ole 1.,o, 1u mt'IIIA) -1u thr 1\en~ral, B1ha1 a11rl ( >n-sa <111d A~sam La\\s ,\ct, I'J12 (\ lJ ,f l'JI!l), '· 3, and !:>ch. !J., Pt. lll.j, •I as ad. . ptcd by the A. 0,, l!i~O. 20 LAl'm R t \ ENL1£ fJ i93: Ben. Reg.2. A similar J<'gistrr nr rrrt•ipts is to he k''IH bv all t.lhsildaJS, ~<ll·lwals or othl'l'"' ,;. ['] ofticers r ntrustcd \\'ith the imml'diatc or collection of the public re\ e J n ur I and a COJ>) it is to b~ trans mitted to tht Collector 11 monthly or as oftl:n as he may require. 26. 1 he lliOllthly or CJtlter 1<:1 ripts. ii1r ~ai.ni1:s, JH'll~ious, or R rrc r c g~ :t s p t h t r . r o o r f allowa [ n C l I'S of w I h ate l n·r . k in l d . which u1:-•\' I•<" p. . t id hv , th I e : ( . : ol I ! l"c . - salan"'· trc. lOIS. 1 :uc to lt: ( cpclS!fCI amn•l!~~~ tlw pnhlw tc••·ote s Ill t 1 II' r<"~p('rti\·e zil;t~, and a rrgistrr of' tlww i~ to ht: kt•pt by the keep ers of the "'* I~] rrr.ord~ + * • * (2J. 27 rr:n/1 rtoH rnigninx u.nud 1/IJI to 1Ui I .-tntioll .c itlullll {)f /( snnrlinr. .l /(•/' hy tltt RP(.t·ntmn Act, 1117 I 'In of IR:-1). r 28, 29 (,'1./frrft1H /o hr lllfl,,rrfinn/1' /0 1/ }J, ·f/ tf of f:f, f/11/( : if I· ronsl1/rliio11.l Rtf!. by lht Rm.~al h1mtl of N,,.mut u,,;11lnlron, Jn22 (.1 fl[ 18 22). J(-. 'l2. [Ptiii'U of Uonrrl" tT n 7icr11 Ullflo lhtrll, and r•1lu 11 !!,llld ;ng (/(pUilll/1111 1 Rtp. f,r lht Rt/lftdint; tiel, 1117 J.. ( 16 of 1 n I) I.o "IMt ~~. '1 he Board of Rcvc·uuc· [31 arc empcn\('rt'd to rc-qui1c thr ra•e~ Bo .• !·d pc1:-.onal attendance of an p111prit•tor or Lu mn of land or an-. r· . ['I m re a r, v n n r . e tl q u at u - r_ u , P lll'llf I t•nt ta I 1 1 1 '' 1 at. IIIH I t' . l ;•nner or r,lJ\ ,It, or ·1ny otc 4< ttndac~e·e. officc·r emplt vul m.cler .1 ( .ttlkc to1 I 1 J lin till' purposc of adjus ting :111v sc>tdrnwnt, or examining any act·uunts, or inquitilll! into any matter coming within tlwir r.ormiz1nce, prnvided the pc-rso or nal attrndancr the party shall appear 10 them indispensably nrcc·~sary. In snc.:h casc:s tlw lloard I u I arr to di!<"C! llw ( !oll••c to1 111 to serw· such person WI h a writ tc11 rcol!cr uuc!Pr his oflic.:ial seal and siqnat111r, specif~1ng tht> bnsint•ss on au uunt of' wbirh his attendance is juclgcd uect>ssaty, 111 I n·quirin, him to attc·nd tht> Bnatd uv such pe-riod as thrv ma) limit, under pain of beiug subject to such dailv tine until ht• attend~. or shows satisfactorv cause for his non-a'ttr.ndance, as the Board may think proper to imp ~e '1 he lloarrl I ·] are empowered to fuw such pc tVllh neglc·cllll)? to appear by the time rcquirt>tl, in such amount as may app<.·ar tf them proper upon a I'Onsidcration of the cas1: ancl the situat101 ancl cirrum~tancr:s in life of th<· pm ty, and thr amount of the hn< shu ll be: levic:d by tlw Collector, 11 I !,y tlu~ proc!'~s prcsn ibcd for the re<.o\·cn· of a1 n•.tr s of rc\·c·nue. nut th;· B<)dJ(l ol Rc\.CIJ\1(' I J I arc pmllilJitccl rcquirin~ t ]J, pr1snual attcncl.mrr ,f Ill\ pn~on iu Cii'I'S i11 which the husinc~ c:,111 be tt ansae ted by a \':tkil. - I 1 1 In A,S.1111, n,r I>·•Jnlly CoJillld~~innrr. "' .., •h·· <'Xrt< ISr. <>I run· (Ifill ••l llrpuiY C"rrJtnissionc-n, sa th• ,\~'aut La•td and H~vc:nue R<·••ul.uiru 11:nr, iT of JRA1r), <'ho~~p. \'II, f•oJt. I ) I he wonh ",\ ropy llf llw ccgistc·r is tube tran<mitlrd anuually 1 th,. 1\. ard of RevCtPtt",'' ><hit!• wer<' rcpealtd by tiJ,.. R,-p,.alin~ .\l't, Ill' (XVTr 1 o f I n l ! A l · H " } ~. , m a t 1 ( h ' c ~ > ( m .h it i t e e f c l c . ; . mmi• innC'r (Now rloc S'a!t (;o,rrnm• nt thc B,.u:~al, Rlitar and (!cissa and ,\~"1111 L•w~ .\<.1, !1112 (\'11 of I'll:!). ada),tecl by tltl' .\ 0., 19;;0. [') 1he .,., ·d "~ativc" omitt•·d br,\. 0., 19511. 1793: Ben. Reg.2.] LAND REVE:>n;E 21 34, 35. [Executio11 of Borzrd's ordfrs, and f!Owfrs nf Membm.] Rep. by tht BmJ;al Roard of Rew1vt Regulation, 1822 (.J '!./ 1 822). 36. The R0ard of Revenue [1 J are ~.:.mpowercd to issue orders Powers of' to their subordinate officers for making the settlement of lands RoMd as to that are or may he khas in conformity to tl\e Regulatiom, and ~~.ttlrment any special instructions which may be prescribed to them by the ~~ld kl;:s~ds (1) [State Government]. 37. In all cases of a settlement hcing m.tdc with "r m behalf Seclllity lor of zamindars, independent talukdars or ot bet actual proprietors payon,·nt 01 of land, their lands are to be d<'emcd ~uffidcnl security for the revenue. payment of the 1e '·enuc. But, where lands are let tn farm, a maL~amin, m ~urrtv for· the punctual discharge of the 1evcnuc, 1s to hi' invariably required. 38. No remi~sion~ upon the S<'ttlt•rn('lll of o\ precl·din~ year, Rcmi~~iou•. nor any remis~ions whatsoever, ate to hl' gr.l!ltcd by the Board without the sanction of th<" f ~1 [St.ttl' Go;crnmcntJ. 31J. It i~ to be observed as a ~ew·r,d princit>le that thr- settle- ~~ttll"ments ment of lands that are or may be · k has i~ to be made by the C ol- ! 1 ) 0 v I><' Uo u l u le d ( c - lectors f9] undl"r the r<'~ulatiom and the instructions of the tor•. J. Board of Rev<'nuc [1 But if the Roard should deem a spe( ial deputation of om: ol their m!"mbcrs, or of any other JWr~on, Hcn·s~ary to l()rm the ~cttlcment of any such lands, thev .nc to propo~c th<> ml"asurc lo the [2] (State Govcrnmcntj with their reasons for recommen ding it. 40. Upon a settlement being con( lud.·d with any proprietor Pro.edur~" ·or farmer, conformably to the re~ulations, the Board of Revenue on vtt.lr [' J are to issue tht! usual handohasti pat\\ .un to the proprietor mentl dht-dtllg or farmer, \\tthout applvm . g to the[:.] [State Government] for [•j cone 11 c . (its] sanction for that purpose. [ 'J In A's~m, th" Chief Gornmh,ioua f"'/ow thr State Govnnment) , n the &ngal, Bihar and Ori•~a and \~~am Law~ \ct, l'JI Z (\I I 1-f l Q 12), s.1, and Sch. !), Pt.llT,/osl, ·1~ adapted by th1• A.O., 1•150. [') 1 hi' wl rcJ, "Go,l'rnor Genua) in C:ouuctl' tn '· 3o, .111 " :cl J9 .uc to be re.td as if the words "Local Govr-• nnu nt" were .uh,tttuted tht'rcfor •a the Amt"nding Act, 1903 (I of JlrfU) ,incr ret)Ca!rd. Inc word\ ·Lonl (,owrn rnem" wa~ adapll·d as '•Provincial CioHrnMent" by the '\.0. JtiH. Jhe word 'Proviocial' h.u agai:t occn sub0titutcd by ':Stat"' by A.O., 1950. [•j In '\s~,\m, th: Dc:p'll' Conuni"ioncr. A• to th,. I'Vr ''r of fun<:! iOn, of Deputy Cormni"toners, su tht· .\>am Land and R••v•·nue Rr~ ulalivn, 111116 (I of 1886), Chaptrr \ Jl, /"1111. [') Substituted for "his 'by thr A.O. . \Q3i. 22 [l793: Ben, Reg.2. ,,r Colle~tif!a 41. Thr collt>ltion thr revrnuc is c-onunillcd to the •f revenu~. Collcctots [1 J; but the Board of Revenue I! I arc lu see that the revenues are realized by the stipulated periods, or that solid and satisfactory reasons are as~igncd by the Collectors[1] for any delay or deficiency. '1 he power of coernon over the pl'Oprielors :md farmers of r land is also vested in the ( :ollcctor~, I] as pt CSC! il)('<\ in Regula tion 14, 179:J. l·1 ] 'I •·rnpnral) 42. The Board 1 "I ;tre auth0tiznl to l.!rant t<'mpc•rary suspcn· 1u•vr•:,10n•. siom of the demands ,,f rPvcnue whcnc\t'r it may appear to thc•n 111dispensa bl y ncn·s~ 11 y, reporting 1h e sttm suspended, without delay to tht" f'] I" .w· 1 ;owJnrnentJ with their rcasom lor the measure. But th y .ur t.nt to t;r ant any suspcnsi<>ll~ bl'yond the .:urrcnt yc.tr. o R f t u :l a ll l l a '< nc l" r l; . \ sprcia U l . a u N tl o t o r r < i 'I t T y li s n s r J u d ll H S . : o I r I I b a [ l S al t h a ' t C e S G a m rc n t n o l \H bl ' ' l l :, l .t ] l . · llltnl without the l·t. I.Jceou•Jis /tJ b~ ;wnnhcd loJ (,o,ernor (:cn&lfllj RrjJ. by the Land !mpro.rtwnl Au, JlJ-:1 (26 of 1871). Duty "' 1.). Thf' Board ol Revenuer~ I ;tre to lumislt the i '.I [Stale lloartl '" C\>\'c rnmentJ with surh annual, monthly "' other accounts as fumi~h >•.· lh<'y now <lie or may be required to submit to I'] litl. CllUJlt<. etc. l'hcy a:-r likr\\ is1· 'o obse1 \<' all ~p('cial orders whic-h they ha\C rr.::civcJ or may receive from the L~.l [State c;ovcrmncntJ. ~6. J.7. I Prolubitiuus /11 be nbs•r,·ed lry IJ(I(m/, and acknvwlcdgnwlt jo1 p/a(ls rwored to foreign pouns. ·Rtf'· by tltr Neptllling Act, 1874 (Juo{ l871). tJJ. [S flt.ltllf t/((011/liS of expmuf }11 ltdUtiiiK 1ehe/1tJUS Zlllllindats an•l othm.J RejJ. /~y the Rcpealwp, .tel, 187:1 ( 12 nf 187.1). 19. 711. 1 Rules for couducllll,~ tiu business "I Board, ao.l powers of Prr111ltnl.j f?ep. ly thr Bmgol /Jowrl •if Rtum,,t· Rr,!JIIlation, 1822 (3 '1 1822. [1) In As,am, the Deputy Cmnmi~si•>ner. As to the cxcrfi\e of functions of Iftputy Conuni<sioners stt the As•am Land and Rl'\'enuc Regulalinn, 1886 (! of 18116 , ( h .. pter \'IT, f>tJ<I. ( 1 In A,•am, the Chief Commi"ioner (~ow thl' Stat.- Govern- mrnt )-ue thr Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and As.<~m Laws Act, 1912 (VII of 1'112', <. :. aud Sch. 0, Pt. liT. /~~<1, as ad~ptcd h> the A.O., 1950. (') Ben. Reg. '-lVof li93 wa, repealed by tht' RepealinC( .\el, 18H (:--,VI of 1874), but this refcrrntc is sa\'l'd hy tlir proviso lo that Act. I' J I be word< "Governor General in Council" in ss. 40, 42, 43 and 45 .uc 10 be read a• 'f the words :•Local Government" wl're 'ub.stllutcd lhl'refnr·-Jtt the ,\mcndil.'' \ct, 1903 (I of 1903). ~ince repealed. The words "Local Govl'ro oncnt" was ~·laptcd a' '•Provmcial Government" by A.O., 1937. The word ·•p ,incial" has again been <ubstituted by the wotd 'State' by i\.0., 1950. 10 ('] Sub ruted by thei\.0., 1937 for "him".