49: Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing Relief for wrongful dispossession

Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing.– (1) Where at the time of the proposed ejectment of a tenant from any land, his uncut or ungathered crops are standing on any part thereof, he shall not be ejected from that part until the crops have ripened and he has been allowed a reasonable time to harvest them. (2) The Court or Revenue Officer decreeing or ordering the ejectment of the tenant may, on the application of the land-lord, determine any dispute arising in consequence of the provisions of sub-section (1) between the land-lord and tenant or between the land-lord and any person entitled to harvest the crops of the tenant, and may in its or his discretion– (a) direct that the tenant pays for the longer occupation of the land secured to him under sub-section (1) such rent as may be fair and equitable, or (b) determine the value of the tenant’s uncut and ungathered crops, and, on payment thereof by the land-lord to the Court or Revenue Officer, forthwith eject the tenant. (3) When a tenant for whose ejectment proceedings have been taken has, conformably with local usage, prepared for sowing any land comprised in his tenancy, but has not sown or planted crops on that land, he shall be entitled to receive from the land-lord before ejectment a fair equivalent in money for the labour and capital expended by him in so preparing the land, and the Court or Revenue Officer before which or whom the proceedings are pending shall, on the application of the tenant, determine the sum payable to the tenant under this sub- section and stay his ejectment until that sum has been paid to him. Relief for wrongful dispossession

Effective date: 1887-11-01

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