Section 4

Section 4 of the Assam Management of Estates Act, 1949. When the Court of Wards undertakes under section ty of Court 3 above the management of an estate or tenure, so much of the provisions of the Court of Wards Act, 1879 (as amended by.

When the Court of Wards undertakes under section ty of Court 3 above the management of an estate or tenure, so much of the provisions of the Court of Wards Act, 1879 (as amended by. Assam Acts), relating to the management of immovable property and application of the money received and disposal of the surplus shall apply to the management whenever undertaken under this Act. rights, Preparation 5.

(1) At any time after the assumption of manage- of record-of- ment of any estate or tenure by the Court of Wards, the Provincial Government may make an order directing that a survey be made and a record-of-rights prepared by a Revenue Officer in respect of all or any lands in the estate or tenure or part thereof, whether such lands are let out, or occupied for agricultural purposes or not, or whether they are "private lands" of a proprietor or not. Bengal Act IX of 1879.

(2) A notification in the official Gazette of an order under sub-section (1) shall be conclusive evidence that the order has been duly made. .

(3) The survey shall be made and the record-of-rights prepared in the prescribed manner. Particulars 6. When an order is made under section 5 for to be record- preparation of a record-of-rights, the particulars to be cd. recorded shall be specified in the order and may include either without or in addition to other particulars, some or all of the following, namely :- (a) the name of each person in occupation of the land, whether as proprietor, land-holder, tenure-holder, raiyat or under-raiyat, (b) the class or classes to which each tenant belongs, (c) if the person in occupation is not a tenant within the meaning of this Act, the character of such occupation, (d) the situation and quantity and any index for identification of the land held by each tenant or other occupant, (e) the rent, if any, payable in the year in which the records-of-rights are prepared and in each of the 15 agricultural years preceding it, (f) the special condition and incidents, if any, of the tenancy, (g) any rights-of-way or other easements over or appurtenant to the land for which the record-of-rights is" being prepared, rode (h) where lands are held by religious or charitable institutions, in addition to the above particulars, if any, the actual expenditure incurred in each of the 15 agricultural years preceding, for religious or charitable purposes as the case may be, (i) "private land" of the proprietors or tenure-holders, (j) any other particulars prescribed by the Provincial Government. Preliminary 7.

(1) When a draft record-of-rights has been pre- publication, pared, the Revenue Officer shall publish the draft in the amendment and final publication manner prescribed and shall receive and consider any objections which may be made during the period of of record-of- publication to any entry therein, or to any omission rights. therefrom, (2) When such objections have been considered and disposed of in the manner prescribed the Revenue Officer shall finally frame the record, and shall cause it to be finally published in the prescribed manner, and such publication shall be conclusive evidence that the record has been duly prepared under this Act.

(3) Separate draft or final records may be published under sub-section (1) or (2) for different local areas, estates, tenures, holdings or parts thereof, resumption a to final publication.

Section 4, The Assam Management of Estates Act, 1949 (Act 17 of 1949).