13: Commutation and alteration of rent

Commutation and alteration of rent.– (1) Where rent is taken by any of the following methods, namely:- (a) by division or appraisement of the produce, (b) by rates fixed with reference to the nature of the 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 land-lord 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 methods specified in clause (d) of that sub-section, shall not be liable to pay for a tenancy rent at any higher amount, as the case may be, than the rate or amount payable in respect of the tenancy for the preceding agricultural year.

Effective date: 1887-11-01

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