The Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949
Preamble
0697 TOA YOMAAST ROHY ATTUQIAO SHT Government of West Bengal Judicial and Legislative (Legislative) Department West Bengal Act II of 1949 The Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949 Superintendent, Government Printing West Bengal Government Press, Alipore, West Bengal 1949 Price-Indian, annas 4; English, 6d. West Bengal Act II of 1949 THE CALCUTTA THIKA TENANCY ACT, 1949. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. Section. 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II. INCIDENTS OF Thika TENANCIES. 3. Grounds on which a thika tenant may be ejected. 4. Notice before ejectment. 5. Proceedings for ejectment. 6. Stay of ejectment for arrears of rent if the amount of arrears and damages are deposited with the Controller. 7. Restoration of possession where landlord does not use the land for the purpose for which the thika tenant was ejected. 8. Surrender. 9. Abandonment. 10. Consequences of the determination of interests of thika tenants in certain cases. 11. Devolution or transfer of holding of a thika tenant. CHAPTER III. PROVISIONS AS TO RENT OF Thika TENANCIES. 12. Payment of rent. 13. Time and place for payment of rent. 14. Appropriation of payments. 15. Thika tenant entitled to receipt for rent. 16. Penalty for withholding receipts. 17. Deposit of rent on refusal of the landlord to accept. 18. Deposit of rent in certain other cases. 19. Receipt granted by the Controller for rent deposited to be a valid acquittance. 20. Disposal of rent deposited under section 17. 21. Disposal of rent deposited under section 18. 22. Saving. 23. Interest on arrears. 24. Restrictions on enhancement of rent. 25. Enhancement of rent. 26. Reduction of rent by the Controller. CHAPTER IV. APPEALS AND CERTAIN SPECIAL PROCEDURES. 27. Appeal, review and execution. 28. Power of Court to rescind or vary decrees and orders in certain cases. 29. Application of Act to pending suits and proceedings. 30. Bar to application of Act to certain lands. 31. Restriction or exclusion of Act by agreement. 32. Power to enter and inspect premises, to require information and to summon witnesses. 33. Repeal and saving. 34. Rules. West Bengal Act II of 1949 THE CALCUTTA THIKA TENANCY ACT, 1949. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature. ] [Assent of the Governor-General was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 28th February, 1949.] An Act to make better provision relating to the law of land- lord and tenant in respect of thika tenancies in Calcutta. WHEREAS it is expedient to make better provision relating to the law of landlord and tenant in respect of thika tenancies in Calcutta ; It is hereby enacted as follows :- CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY.
Sections
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Rules made under this Act
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- The Calcutta Thika Tenancy ( Amendment ) Act, 19681968
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