The Punjab Tenancy Act
Punjab Acts · Punjab · 1887 · Act XVI of 1887
Legal status
In force
Effective date
1887-11-01
Sections
126
Chapter II — Right Of Occupancy
- 5: Tenants having right of occupancy
- 6: Right of occupancy of other tenants recorded as having the right before passing of Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868
- 7: Right of occupancy in land taken in exchange
- 8: Establishment of right of occupancy on grounds other than those expressly stated in Act
- 9: Right of occupancy not to be acquired by mere lapse of time
- 10: Right of occupancy not to be acquired by joint owner in land held in joint ownership
- 11: Continuance of existing occupancy rights Rents generally
Chapter III — Rent
- 12: Respective rights of land-lord and tenant to produce
- 13: Commutation and alteration of rent
- 14: Payments for land occupied without consent of landlord
- 15: Collection of rents of undivided property
- 15A: Rights and liabilities regarding rent and government dues Produce rent
- 16: Presumption with respect to produce removed before division or appraisement
- 17: Appointment of referee for division or appraisement
- 18: Appointment of assessors and procedure of referee
- 19: Procedure after division or appraisement
- 20: Enhancement of produce rents of occupancy tenants
- 21: Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing section Cash-rents paid by tenants having rights of occupancy
- 22: Enhancement of cash rents of occupancy tenants
- 23: Reduction of rent referred to in the last foregoing section General provisions relating to suits for enhancement or reduction of rent
- 24: Enhancement and reduction of rent by suit
- 25: Discretion as to extent of enhancement or reduction
- 26: Time for enhancement or reduction to take effect Adjustment of rents expressed in terms of the land-revenue
- 27: Adjustment of rents expressed in terms of the land revenue Adjustment of rents paid by occupancy tenants in Attock District
- 27A: Adjustment of rents paid by occupancy tenants in Attock District Alteration of rent on alteration of area
- 28: Alteration of rent on alteration of area Remission
- 29: Remission of rent by Courts decreeing arrears
- 30: Remission and suspension of rent consequent on like treatment of land revenue Deposits
- 31: Power to deposit rent in certain cases with Revenue Officer
- 32: Effect of depositing rent Recovery of rent from attached produce
- 33: Recovery of rent from attached produce Leases for period exceeding term of assessment of land revenue
- 34: Treatment of leases for period exceeding or equal to term of assessment of land revenue Relinquishment
Chapter IV — Relinquishment, Abandonment And Ejectment
- 35: Relinquishment by tenant for a fixed term
- 36: Relinquishment by any other tenant
- 37: Relinquishment of part only of a tenancy Abandonment
- 38: Abandonment of tenancy by occupancy tenant Liability to ejectment
- 39: Grounds of ejectment of occupancy tenant
- 40: Grounds of ejectment of tenant for a fixed term
- 41: Ejectment of tenant from year to year Procedure on ejectment
- 42: Restriction on ejectment
- 43: Application to Revenue Officer for ejectment
- 44: Ejectment for failure to satisfy decree for arrear of rent
- 45: Ejectment of tenant from year to year by notice
- 46: Power to make rules General provisions respecting ejectment
- 47: Time for ejectment
- 48: Relief against forfeiture
- 49: Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing Relief for wrongful dispossession
- 50: Relief of wrongful dispossession or ejectment The Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 (XVI of 1887) 3
- 50A: Bar to civil suits
- 51: Bar of relief by suit under section 9, Act I of 1877 Power to vary dates prescribed by this Chapter
- 52: Power of Provincial Government to fix dates for certain purposes Alienation
Chapter V — Alienation Of, And Succession To, Right Of Occupancy
- 52A: Provisions of Chapter V not to apply to muqarraridars
- 53: Private transfer of right of occupancy under section 5 by tenant
- 54: Procedure on foreclosure of mortgage of right of occupancy under section 5
- 55: Sale of right of occupancy under section 5 in execution of decree
- 56: Transfer of right of occupancy under any other section than section 5
- 57: Rights and liabilities of transferee of right of occupancy
- 58: Sub-letting
- 58A: Transfer of right of occupancy under any section of the Act by exchange Succession
- 59: Succession to right of occupancy Irregular transfers
- 60: Irregular transfer of right of occupancy CHAPTER V-A Succession to Non-occupancy Tenancies
- 60A: Succession to non-occupancy tenancies Improvements by landlords
Chapter VI — Improvements And Compensation
- 61: Improvements by landlords on tenancies of occupancy tenants
- 62: Enhancement of rent in consideration of an improvement made by a landlord on the tenancy of an occupancy tenant Improvements by tenants
- 63: Title of occupancy tenant to make improvements
- 64: Title of tenants not having right of occupancy to make improvements
- 65: Improvements made before commencement of this Act
- 66: Improvements begun in anticipation of ejectment
- 67: Tender of lease for twenty years to tenant to be a bar to right to compensation
- 68: Liability to pay compensation for improvements to tenants on ejectment or on enhancement of his rent Compensation for disturbance of clearing tenants
- 69: Compensation for disturbance of clearing tenants Procedure in determining compensation
- 70: Determination of compensation by Revenue Court
- 71: Determination of compensation by Revenue Officers
- 72: Matters to be regarded in assessment of compensation for improvements
- 73: Form of compensation Relief in case of ejectment before
- 74: Relief in case of ejectment before determination of compensation Jurisdiction
Chapter VII — Jurisdiction And Procedure
- 75: Revenue Officers
- 76: Applications and proceedings cognizable by Revenue Officers
- Section 77: Revenue Courts and suits cognizable by them Procedure where revenue matter is raised in a Civil Court Administrative control
- 78: Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers and Revenue Courts
- 79: Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases Appeal, Review And Revision
- 80: Appeals
- 81: Limitation for appeals
- 82: Review by Revenue Officers
- 83: Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review
- 84: Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue Officers and Revenue Courts Procedure
- 85: Procedure of Revenue Officers
- 86: Persons by whom appearances may be made before Revenue Officers as such and not as Revenue Courts
- 87: Costs
- 88: Procedure of Revenue Courts
- 89: Power of Revenue Officer or Revenue Court to summon persons
- 90: Mode of service of summons
- 91: Mode of service of notice, or order or proclamation or copy thereof
- 92: Additional mode of publishing proclamation
- 93: Joinder of tenants as parties to proceeding relating to rent
- 94: Exception of suits under this Act from operation of certain enactments
- 95: Payment into Court of money admitted to be due to a third person
- 96: Execution of decree for arrears of rent
- 97: Prohibition of imprisonment of tenants in execution of decrees for arrears of rent
- 98: Power to refer party to Civil Court
- 99: Power to refer to High Court questions as to jurisdiction
- 100: Power of High Court to validate proceedings held under mistake as to jurisdiction Miscellaneous
- 101: Place of sitting
- 102: Holidays
- 103: Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled
- 104: Retention of powers by Revenue Officer on transfer
- 105: Conferment of powers of Revenue Officer or Revenue Court
- 106: Power of Board of Revenue to make rules
- 107: Rules to be made after previous publication The Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 (XVI of 1887) 5
- 108: Powers exercisable by Board of Revenue from time to time
Chapter VIII — Effect Of This Act On Records-Of-Rights And Agreements
- 109: Nullity of certain entries in records-of-rights
- 110: Nullity of certain agreements contrary to the Act
- 111: Saving of other agreements when in writing
- 112: Effect of certain entries made in records-of-rights before November, 1871
- 113: Nothing but rent or seed supplied recoverable
- 114: Extinction of occupancy tenancies
- 114A: Extinction of Muqarraridari rights
- 114B: Removal of doubts
- 115: Limits of holding for personal cultivation
- 116: Offences
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