Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
It is hereby declared that any leases or engagements for rent m per- h fi . f . I I I l petuity or fort e xmg o rent now 1n t'XIStcnce t 1at mav l<tvr )een grante< more then ten or roncluded for a term of )'l"ars or in perpetuity by a proprietor yean, valid, under engagement with ltlte Covcrn~cntp or other prr son com- though 1rx1- petcnt to grant tlw ~a me, shall Le dccmt d good and ·talicl tcnurr-s, ecuted w 11 e d. I . I · acct i 0 n 2 accor mg to t \e terms IJ( t tt covcn·\ll·~ or l"n t•; ~cmcnts tnl!'r- Regulation ' changed notwithRtanding that the same m.ty have been cxccutul 14, _1 7 9 3, before the passing of R('gulation fi, Hl l:.!. 2 and '' hile rht- rule.,! waatn 'orce. section 2, Re~ulation ! I , 17' .$. · which limitc·d the period fm which it was lawful to grant such cngaw·m• nts ln cen ye<~rs, and declMed all that mu~ht b~ rn•trrd into lor .t long-!:'r term to be null and void, was in full Ioree anti efrect ; and lOtwithstanding- tha t the stipulations of the said leases may be in violation of th.~ rule in question : Providrd, however, that nothin~ lwrcin cot taincd shall be held to exempt any tenures held unck r engagements from pro- p rietors or estates payin~ l'f'Vf'tl U(' to rthc GovcrnmcntJ 1. from the liability to be cancelled on sak of the •aid (" rates for arrears of the sairl revenue * * -~ ' unle~s cspc~rially rxempted from such liability !,y the rule in question, or by a ny other specific rule of the Regulations in Ioree. P a t n i te-