Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
6. It shall be lawf~xl for[the Collector or for ][any ][Officer ][making ][Settle- ] ments of Land Revenue, to assess upon any estate, as Collector may asseas yearly co~lt~.~bution for aforesaid, a suin to be cuntributcd yearly by the proprietor purposes of this Act. for the purpuses of this Act, not exceeding the aggregate of the house assessments in any such estate, less tell per cent. Such assessment shall be over and above any 3iunicipal cess or percentage levied on the Land Revenue for similar purposes.
7. The sum so assessed sball;, subject to the sanction of the Local Government, be liable to be altered from time to time in conf0rmit.y ~t-itll the foregoing provisions.
Such assessmeut may from time to time be altered.
`8.`[The provisions ][of ][this Act shall be applicable to 3gaafee and Nuzernn~ ] estates. Besidcs the assessu~ents made by the Collecto~ Act to apply to alaafee aud Nuzerana under Section six of this Act, it shall be lawful to levy estates. upon the Maafeednrs, or (where a sub-settlement shall bave heen made) on the sub-proprietors, or on the Nuzeraliadxrs, a Mnnicipal ccss not evceediug two Rupees tivelve annas per cent. of the junirna ah which their estates nrould 11a1;e bee11 rated if not held under a lllCaafee or Nuzerana title.
9.[7'he Local Go~reril~~lent ] map deterinine by nrh:tt instalments and at what times, tllc assessments payable under Sections six and Gorcrl~n~eut to dcrornll,lr I ~ O V \\\\en eight sl~all 1)c paid. Any asreal. of such assessilients inay be c + > b ~ ~ a ~ l i ~ t ~ i . , LC) L? ~ I I C ~ . realized I)? tlic salnc proccsscs ancl under thc same i.ulcs ss arrearh of L,and I?c-\-ellue.
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11. Every proprietor or other person in whom the right of nomination Persons empowered[of Village Watchmen ][is ][vested, shall nominate a ][fit ][and ] to nominate Village proper person within fifteen days of the occurrence of any Watchmen shall do so within fifteen days after vacancy in the office of Watchman on his estate ; and the occurrence of vacancy. person so nominated shall after due enquiry be appointed or rejected by the Magistrate of t.he District at his discretion, or by any Officer authorized by him in that behalf. In default of a nomination within fifteen days of the occurrence of a vacancy or of the rejection of a nominee, the proprietor or other person in whom the right of nomination is vested shall be held to be guilty of disobedience to lawful authority, and shall be liable, by order of the Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding Rupees fifty, and in default of payment to imprisonment in the Civil Jail for a period not exceeding one month; and the Magistrate of the District shall proceed to appoint a person to the vacancy.
Source: India Code