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Every tenant from whom, except under any exaction of special enactment for the time being in force, any sum s u m in 0 | money or any portion of the produce of his land is excess of tHe exacted by or on behalf of his landlord in excess of the p*yable.U ? r c n t o r >n t e r e s t lawfully payable and every tenant whose holding is assessed at maximum rates of rent and from whom service is exacted by or on behalf of his landlord in excess o f the rent or interest lawfully payable may, within six months from the date of the exaction, institute a suit to recover from the landlord, in add ition to the amount or value of what is so exacted, such sum by way of penalty, as the Court thinks fit, not exceeding Rs. 100. CHAPTER VIII Miscellaneous provisions as io landlords and tenants Ejectment Ejectment in execution ef a decree.