The Central Provinces Tenancy Act, 1898

Sections

1. 0Section 0
2. IX — SUPPLEMENTAL.
3. 1Short title, extent and commencement
4. 2Definitions
5. II — .
6. 3Classes of tenants
7. 4Presumption as to amount of rent payable
8. 5Date from which order fixing rent operates
9. 6Time for payment of rents
10. 7Rents payable to a number of landlords
11. 8Power to deposit rent in certain cases with Revenue officer
12. 9Effect of depositing rent
13. 10Penalty for levy of anything in excess of rent by landlord
14. 11Presumption as to payments by tenant to landlord
15. 12Penalty for refusing receipt or giving defective receipt
16. 13Enhancement of rent when productive power of holding increased landlord
17. 14Reduction of rent when effect of improvement ceases
18. 15Power to alter rent when holding is increased, diminished or deteriorated
19. 16Power to alter rent in case of new assessment
20. 17Commutation of rent payable in kind
21. 18Remission and suspension of rent consequent on like treatment of land-revenue
22. 19Commission for dividing or estimating crops
23. 20Appointment of assessors, etc
24. 21Remedy for error in division
25. 22Procedure when crop has been estimated or appraised
26. 23Definition of "produce of a holding"
27. 24Power of landlord, by notice, to prohibit removal of produce
28. 25Effect of instituting suit for rent while notice is in force
29. 26Right to reap, etc., produce not affected
30. 27Content and service of notice ; time for which it remains in force
31. 28Procedure when produce is under attachment
32. 29Conflict between rights of superior and inferior landlord
33. 30Penalty for illegal distraint by landlord, and for illegal removal of produce
34. 31Right to make improvements
35. 32Liability to pay to tenant on ejectment compensation for improvements
36. 33Assessment of compensation
37. 34Avoidance of provisions barring right to make, or be compensated for, improvements
38. 35Surrender of holdings
39. 36Surrender of occupancy-tenant's holding
40. 37Tenant taking thika or farm
41. 38Provisions regarding tenant-right not applicable to tenant of land in reserved
42. III — .
43. 39Definition of "absolute occupancy-tenant"
44. 40Rents fixed for period of settlement
45. 41Right heritable and transferable after notice to landlord, who may claim to purchase
46. 42Absolute occupancy-tenanct not liable to ejectement
47. 43Rent first charge on holding and holding saleable in execution of decree for arrears of rent
48. IV — OF OCCUPANCY-TENANT
49. 44Definition of "Occupancy-tenant"
50. IV — OF OCCUPANCY-TENANTS.
51. 45Accrual of occupancy-tenant-right in sir-land on transfer of right to occupy as proprietor
52. 46Devolution of occupancy-right
53. IV — OF OCCUPANCY-TENANT
54. 47Rights of certain persons to apply to set aside transfers
55. 48Procedure on application
56. 49Rent of occupancy-tenant to be fixed at settlement
57. IV — OF OCCUPANCY-TENANTS.
58. 50Fixation of rents during currency of settlement in Chanda, Nimar and Sambalpur
59. IV — OF OCCUPANCY-TENANT
60. 51Enhancement during settlement in other districts
61. 52Grounds for ejectment
62. 53Tenant changing land in accordance with village-custom
63. V — OF VILLAGE-SERVICE-TENANT
64. 54Tenant changing land in other cases
65. 55Definition of "village-service-tenant"
66. 56Devolution and transfer of village-service-tenant's right
67. 57Obligation of village-service-tenant to provide substitute
68. 58Grounds on which a village-service tenant may be ejected
69. VI — OF SUB-TENANT
70. 59Definition of sub-tenant
71. 60Tenure according to agreement
72. VI — .
73. 61Power to declare sub-tenants in certain cases to have rights of ordinary tenants
74. VII — .
75. 62Definition of "ordinary tenant"
76. 63Landlord's right to recover rents determined at settlement as payable by ordinary tenants
77. 64Notice of enhancement to be served through Revenue-officer
78. 65Liability of tenant to ejectment in default of his agreeing to enhancement
79. 66Procedure in ejectment-suit
80. 67Rent of ordinary tenant regulated by agreement
81. 68Fresh proceedings not to be taken a for seven years
82. 69Grounds on which an ordinary tenant may be ejected
83. 70Devolution of ordinary tenancy
84. 71Right of certain persons to apply to set aside transfer
85. 72Procedure on application
86. 73Obligation of landlord to confer occupancy-rights on ordinary tenant
87. VIII — .
88. 74Power to direct that suit between landlords and tenants be entered in separate registers
89. 75Plaint in such suits
90. 76Legal Practitioners' fees not allowed unless for special reasons
91. 77Set-off when allowed in suits for arrears
92. 78Procedure when ordinary tenant in suit pleads excessive rent
93. 79Tenants' improvements how to be treated in fixing rents
94. 80Interest on arrears
95. 81No appeal in certain suits for arrears
96. 82Application for execution by sale of holding or by ejectment
97. 83Arrears decreed not to be on current year's account
98. 84Procedure in execution by sale of holding
99. 85Procedure in execution by ejectment
100. 86Power of Court to deal with cases of drought or other calamity in suits for arrears
101. 87Relief against forfeitures
102. 88Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing
103. 89Payment by tenant for occupation of land under section 88
104. 90In suits for arrears all claims between landlord and tenant to be determined
105. 91Procedure when, on sale or ejectment, money is due by the land-lord to the tenant
106. 92Reinstatement of tenant illegally ejected
107. 93Applications to measure or ascertain condition of holdings
108. 94Limitation is suits under the Act
109. 95Jurisdiction of Civil Courts barred in certain cases
110. 96Procedure on applications to Revenue and Settlement Officers, and appeals from their orders
111. 97Jurisdiction of Civil Courts in suits between landlords and tenants
112. 98Recovery of fines and penalties
113. IX — .
114. 99Power to Local Government to make rules
115. 100Repeals