Chaukidari Assesment Act, 1837, 15 of 1837 (Rep., Act 20 of 1856)

Section I

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

I. I t is hereby enacted, that from the 1[st] day of July 1837, it shall be lawful for the several Magistrates and Joint Magistrates within the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, to appropriate a portion of the Tax levied under Regulation XXII. 1816 of the Bengal Code, to the purpose of cleansing and repairing the Towns in which that Tax is levied.

Source: India Code