Foras Land, Bombay Act 1851 (6 of 1851) Rep., Act 14 of 1870

Section XI. The persons who shall have bee11 the rentpayers to the said Company on the said first day of July of

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XI. The persons who shall have bee11 the rentpayers to the said Company on the said first day of July of any land mentioned in the said plan No. 2, or their representatives or assigns shall be entitled to be the first holders of the certificates relating to the same lands. XII. When the said certificates shall have been completed, the said Commissioners shall distribute the certificates to the persons entitled thereto ; or, if it shall appear to them doubtful to whom any certificate should be delivered, may deposit it with the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Judicature established at Bombay by Royal Charter, which Court may adjudicate upon the right to every certificate so deposited, and may direct how such right shall be tried. XII.1. The delivery to [any ][person ] by the Commissioners of any certificate shall not confer upon hirn any right to retain the same as against any person having a better title themunto, who shall be at liberty to sue for and recover the same, and all beliefits thereto belonging, in the said Supreme Court, by such proceedillg as the said Court shall direct. 1 When A* = - - -- I in mt, 2, reers ire le !]I, ve id le L A ACT No. VI. OF 1851. XIV. When the said assessment &all have been completed, the Commissioners shall give notice thereof in the Government Gazette, and after the expiration of three weeks next following the publication of such notice shall proceed to collect the assessments, and if necessary to levy them by distress and sale of any goods found on the said lands, or by sale of the lands assessed ; and the said Conlmissioners shall keep accounts of the sums received for assessment, and pay the same from time to time into the Bank of Bombay. XV. The said Commissioners, subject to the approval of the Go,vernor of Bombay in Council, may employ such Surveyors, Accountants and Clerks as to them shall seem i t , ,and incur such other charges and make such disbursements from the said $oras ?Land Assessment Fund as may be necessary fo . .

Source: India Code