Section 19. Suits for abatement of rent by under-proprietor or tenant

19. Suits for abatement of rent by under-proprietor or tenant. Remission of Rent. 20. When Court may allow remission from rent. Relinquishment of Land. 19. No suit for an abatement of rent shall be brought by any under-proprietor or tenant, except on the ground that the area of the land has been diminished by diluvion, or on some ground specified in any lease, agreement or decree under which he holds: Suits for abatement of rent by under-proprietor or tenant. Provided that, if the under-proprietor hold a sub-settlement in a revenue-paying estate, no such abatement shall be allowed to the under-proprietor unless a remission of revenue has been allowed on the same ground and by competent authority in the same estate. Remission ACT No. XIX OF 1868. Remission of Rent.