Section VI. And whereas by Section IV. of Act IV. of 1840 it is enacted, that if any party shall complain to a M

VI. And whereas by Section IV. of Act IV. of 1840 it is enacted, that if any party shall complain to a Magistrate or other Officer exercising the powers of a Magistrate, 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, dependant Talookdar, Farmer, Under-Farmer, Ryot, or otherwise, the Magistrate or other Officer as aforesaid shall require the 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 of the subject of dispute and maintained in possession until the right to 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 his claim within one month from the time of such dispossession: