Bare ActsThe Bengal Regulation 1 of 1973

Section 8

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,\n. Vll.-To prevent any misconstruction of the fore- going arucles the Gove. nor-General in Council thinkc; it necessary to makt. the lollowtng declarations to the zamindars, independent talukdars and other acrual propncturs of land. . First.-It being the duty ol th · mling power to protect all ~cgu)ahon s classes of people and more particularly tho!e who I rom their tf~.1 f'!"Ote~f situatton are most helpless, the Governor-General in Council will, rai)"'ts, etc. whenever he may deem it propel, enact such Re~ulations as he h l'rRII \r>;t.:'il !'tJ, J I U~ll.~·l [1 79a: Ben . R eg. 1 may thiuk tH.ce.,~.~~~ l0r tl1e prote~;tion a1u.l welfare of the depen- dr;H talukda t ~, rdi),llS ana olhl'r culti\'atms of the :.oil; and no ;.amindar, independent tal~t kdM or olltet d e tual proprietor of land shall be entitlcu ort 1 his arcounr to m.tke any objection to the discharge of the ft,ccl asst -smcttl which they have respectively agteed to pav. Right otl;0 • Saund.- ll1c Co\ cm vr-Gcnt·r.tl in CourH il having, on the ,ernmcnt to 2Cth Jul y, ~790, di r<·crcd thr s •. ir c•JJICltion to be abolished, a all _int ern~tl full compem:Hion w.ts to r aHtrd to the p t opt ietors of land for tl1e dunes. lOSS of rC\('IIliC' ~11 lalllC'U b) the111 in U JilSI\ [UCilCC of this abolition; and he unw decJ. rc· th 11, il he ~hou ld bn~;:ftrr thiuk it proper to re-rs!ablish ttw s.1ir co~ll <.tio s or any otllt;r intctllal duties, an 1 to at• point olliret > 011 t lw p.u·L ol (,<)\ ernmcnt to collect t!Jem, no pwpt icror ol !ami "ill IJ, aclt11ittcd t<J any pat tinpation thereof. or be cntitlctl to m.tkt: ;u } c ,tuus fr11' n m•s:.ion~ of ass~ssmc nt on th.u account. ant! 1" Jam..t Tlmd.-' I he l . r,·. ct not-l;cu•. r«l in Cuuucil will irnpo~e J.uch on dlienatrd •lSl>t:ssment as lw lll.l\o th-em cqut tabk <HI all l.tnds a t present Iantis. alienated anti P·•}illl{ no publie revenue \\hich ha\'t: been or may be proved to be held unuer tllt:ga.l or in\'alid title~. 1 he assessment ~o irupo~cd will belong to Government, and 110 proprietor of J,llld will be• cutitlea to any part of' it. Resumpuon bourtft .- - ! he jatll,l of those z.amind.t_rs, i':'dcpcndent talukd"::'s (,f polic, and other ac tu.tl pwpttetul ~ c,l I.wd, ,., h1<.h IS dcdareJ fixed m .allowa n~s the foregoing artide~. JS h> b.· constdcn:ct entirely unconncctcJ Ill propne• with. <lOU cxcfu:.ivc ol', all\' ;dh\\<ti\CCS which have been made tO ton. them in tlw ;~dju.-tnwnt ui· their jallla, lor keeping up tlranas or police t'~t.tbirshu.ruts, .u.d also nl the pmtluce of . .lily lands which they lllil}' lr,t\·c bt~r· n fl' rmitted tu appropriate i:)l rhc sam(' pur- pose, a11tl the (,c)\ l'l thH-Gcneral in C•)•lllril res ~.:rvr:s to hi mself the option of rc·:.u1ning the "hoi" or part or such allov .. a uccs, or pro- du~;e ol sud1 lamb, accor rl in.., ... s he m..t }- 1 It ink 1 •roper in conse- quence ul 1,., lta\:ing ... :-..viii l.ttco ti.e p1 optreto• ~ (JJ l.llld from the ~;barge of k~;cping tht. pc .. cc, aml ,tpputr.tcd olhCl rs on the part of Government to superintend the police or the COUilll'/· I lw GoYCinor- (;~·ucr I 1 Colli ·til, 110Wcvcr, dcclar es that t!tc allo\\'anccs or prouutc •Jf l.md~ whi' h may u•! tc.,umed will be appropriated to no other purpose but that of defraying the expense of the poltcc ; and that instru<:.tions will ;)C sent to the Collect01s not to add such alluwances or the produce or such lands, to the jama 01 the proprietors of land, but to collect the amount f1 om them separately. Estate of Fijill.-~othing c·ontaincd m this prodamatio, shall be con- disqualified strued to tend.:r the lands of the ~c,eral descriptions of d isquali- prop~ietors fied proprietors, spr c't ed in the {u st Ar ticl<' of tl.e Regulations rc- :lt h.ablef~~ garding tlisqualiti.-d I.mdhoiJt>rs, passed on the 15th july, 1 i91, arr:an. liable to sale for any arrears l • J '"hich have ae~;rued or may accrue on the fixed jama that has bt'cn or may be assessed upon their lands under the aho,·c-mentioncd Regulations for the decennia l settlement: provided that ~uch a rrears have accrued or may accrue - ------- [I) Jlut sa thf' Courl \lf\\'ards A, t. lrti1J (U.·nf.:. Act I\. nl l 879) s. 23 A (in Vd. II of this Code), ,,.]li, h autJ,.Jri~es t'1c ~1k \Jf r~tates, <'tc., for arrears of tevenut "hiC'h have ::.c~ructl whJie th<; csta•e, -vere undn t te ¥harge uf the Coun • f Wad•. -- I 1973 : Ben. R.-g. 1.] 7 during the time that they have been or may be dispossessed of the management of their lands under the said Regulatiom of the 15th July, 1791. It is to be understood, howl!ver, that whenever all or any of the descriptiom of disqualified landholders, specified in the first Article of the last-mentioned Regulations, shall be permitted to auume or retain the management of their lands, in consequence of the ground of their disqualification no longer existing, or of the Governor-General in Council dispcnsi11g with, altering or aboli~h­ ing those Regulations, the lands of such proprietors will be held responsible lor the payment of the fixed jama that has been or may be assessed thereon, from the time that the management may devolve upon them, in the same manner as the lands of all actual proprietors of land who are declared qualified for the manage- ment of their estates, and also of all actual proprietors who are unqualified for such management, by natural or other disabilities, but do not come within the descriptions of d1squalified landholders specified in the first Article of the Regulations of the 15th July, 1791, are and willl::e held ans"' rrable, for any arrears that are or may become due from them, on the fixed jama which they, or any persons on their behalf, have engaged or may en~age to pay, under the above-mentioned Regulations, for the decennial settlement.

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