116: Offences

Offences.– (a) If any land-lord– (i) recovers from any tenant anything in the shape of a cess, village cess or other contribution or due or any other free service in addition to the rent payable in respect of the land held by the latter under the former; or 48 The Punjab Laws (ii) recovers from the tenant in lieu of the seed supplied to him anything in excess of the seed actually supplied; or (iii) ejects a tenant forcibly or against the provisions of law; or (b) if any person owning land contravenes the provisions of section 115; or (c) if any tenant refuses or fails to vacate any land in compliance with an order passed by competent authority– he shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment of either description which may extend to one year or fine or with both]. T S [R A A (XII 1891), 2(1) F S ]

Effective date: 1887-11-01

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