6: Commutation and alteration of rent

(1) When rent is taken by any of the following methods, namely:— (a) by division of the produce; (b) by rates fixed with reference to the nature of crops grown; (c) by a rate on a recognised measure of area; (d) by a rent in gross on the tenancy, or (e) partly by one of the methods specified in Clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this sub-section, and partly by another or others of them. One of those methods shall not be commuted in whole or in part into another without the consent of both landlord and tenant. (2) In the absence of a contract or a decree or order of competent authority to the contrary, a tenant, whose rent is taken by any of the methods specified in Clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1), or by the method specified in Clause (d) of that sub-section, shall not be liable to pay for a tenancy rent at any higher rate, or of a higher amount, as the case may be, than the rate or amount payable in respect of the tenancy for the proceeding agricultural year.

Effective date: 1950-06-20

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