Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
6. The said Lieutenant Governor may from time to time make additional rules consistent with this Act and the schedule hereto for the guidance of officers in matters connected with the enforcement of this Act and the rules contained in the said schedule.
Such additional rules shall be published in the Calcutta Gazette, and shall thereupon have the force of law.
SCHEDULE.
Rules relating to immoveable property, rent and revenue, in the Bhután Dvárr.
I. At a reasonable time, before any officer appointed under section 3 of the Bhután Dvárr Act, 1869, shall commence his enquiries in any Revenue Survey Circuit or other convenient tract of country, a notice shall be published in such tract calling on all interested in the suits and matters mentioned in section 2 of the said Act, to come forward and advance their claims and protect their interests before the said officer.
II. In the investigation of such suits and matters, the said officer shall be guided by the provisions of Regulation VII of 1822, and shall exercise all the powers conferred upon a Collector making a settlement of land revenue by that Regulation and all other Regulations and Acts amending the same, in addition to the powers vested in him by these rules.
III. The said officer shall make a record in such form as the Lieutenant Governor may direct, of all rights, interests and other matters which he is empowered by these rules to investigate, ascertain, and determine.
V. As soon as the record of rights for any tract as mentioned in Rule III is completed, the said officer shall cause it to be published in the tract, and a second copy shall be open for inspection at his office, of which fact due notice shall be given.
VI. Within one month of such publication, any person who is dissatisfied with any entry in the record, which has not been adjudicated upon by the said officer, may present a petition to such officer, who shall thereupon proceed to try the questions in dispute.
VII. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the said officer may appeal by petition to the Commissioner of the Division, or to any other officer specially appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to be a Commissioner in that behalf: Provided that such appeal be presented within three months of the date of the decision or order appealed against, unless sufficient cause for longer delay be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner.
VIII. The said officer may, within one month of the passing of any decision or order by him, admit to review any such decision or order, and eventually amend, vary, or correct the same: Provided that no appeal have been preferred against such order or decision to the appellate authority as defined in Rule VII,
IX. The appellate authority may, within one month of the passing of any decision or order by such appellate authority on appeal, admit to review any such decision or order,
X. No appeal shall lie as of right to any authority against any order passed by the appellate authority under these rules, but, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these rules, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal may, if he think fit, alter, vary or annul any decision or order which may have been passed under these rules: Provided that an application in that behalf shall have been made before or within one month after the issue of the notification of confirmation of the record under Rule XI.
Source: India Code