Section 20. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 19, 35 and 36, the Court, in making a decree for an a

20. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 19, 35 and 36, the Court, in making a decree for an arrear of rent, may allow such remission from the rent payable by any under-proprietor or tenant as appears equitable, if the area of the land in his occupation has been diminished by diluvion or otherwise, or if the produce of such land has been diminished by drought or hail, or other calamity beyond his control, to such an extent that the full amount of rent payable by him cannot, in the opinion of the Court, be equitably decreed: Provided that, if the under-proprietor hold a sub-settlement, or if the tenant hold a lease for a term of not less than five years or have a right of occupancy in a revenue-paying estate, no such remission shall be allowed to him unless a remission of revenue shall have been allowed on the same ground and by competent authority in the same estate. Relinquishment of Land.