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Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing section - When the and, or any part of the land, held by a tenant having a right of occu- pancy to whom the last foregoing section applies ceases to be irrigated or 16 THE PUNJAB TENANCY ACT, 1887 Sections:- 25 - 27 [THE PUNJAB TENANCY ACT, 1887 17 Sections:- 27(A) - 28 (2) Where a decree for the enhancement of the rent of such a tenant has been passed under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868, (XXXVIII of 1868), a suit for a further enhancement of his rent shall not lie till the expiration of five years from the date of the decree, unless in the meantime the local area in which the land comprised in the decree is situate has been generally re- assess and the revenue payable in respect of that land has been increased. (3) Subject to the provision of sub-section (2), a suit instituted for the en- hancement of the rent of a tenant having a right of occupancy shall not be entertained in either of the following cases, namely: (a) If within the ten years next preceding its institution his rent has been commuted under Section 13 or enhanced under this section; (b) if within that period a decree has been passed under this Act dismissing on the merits a suits for the enhancement of his rent; unless of land or some part of the land comprised in his tenancy, not having irrigated, or flooded at the time of such commutation enhancement or decree, has become irrigated or flooded. (4) [—] (Sub-clause (3) (added by Punjab Act XI of 1925) was omitted by the Indian (Adaptation of Existing Indian Laws) Order. 1947. S. 4(1)