Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that if any party shall complain to a Magistrate or other Officer as aforesaid, that he has been without authority of Law forcibly dispossessed of any Land, Premises, Water, Fisheries, Crops, or other produce of Land within the jurisdiction of such Magistrate or other Officer as aforesaid, whether the same were possessed by such party as Proprietor, dependent Tallokdar, Farmer, Under-Farmer, Ryot or otherwise, the Magistrate or other Officer as aforesaid shall require the party or
parties complained against, and any other parties concerned, to appear and make defence in person or by agent within a reasonable time ; and if, after the examination of the necessary witnesses and documents, the complaint appears to him to be substantiated, he shall record a proceeding, ordering the party complaining to be put again into possession be determined by a competent Court ; provided that no such order shall be passed unless the party complaining of having been so dispossessed prefer hi claim within one month from the time of such dispossession.
Source: India Code