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Enhancement of cash rents of occupancy tenants.— (1) Where a tenant having a right of occupancy pays his rent entirely by a cash-rate on a recognized measure of area or by a cash-rent in gross on his ten- ancy, the rent may be enhanced on the ground that after deduction there- from of the land revenue of, and the rates and cesses chargeable on the tenancy, it is (a) if the tenant belongs to the class specified in clause (a) of sub- section (1) of Section 5, less than two annas per rupee of the amount of the land revenue; (b) if he belongs to any of the classes specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of that sub-section less than six annas per rupee of the amount of the land revenue; (c) if he belongs to the class specified in Section 6, or if his right of occupancy is established under Section 8 and his rent is not regu- lated by contract less than twelve annas per rupee of the amount of the land revenue. (2) In a case to which sub-section (1) applies, the rent may be en- hanced to an amount not exceeding two, six or twelve annas per rupee of the amount of the land revenue as the case may be, in addition to the amount of the land revenue of the tenancy and the rates and cesses charge- able thereon. (3) [1 JSub-clause (3) (added by Punjab Act XI of 1925) was omitted by the Indian (Adaptation of Existing Indian Laws). Order. 1947. S. 4(1)1 23, Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing section:- The rent payable by a tenant to whom the last foregoing section applies may be reduced on the ground that the productive powers of his tenancy have been decreased by a cause beyond his control. General Provisions relating to suits for Enhancement or reduction of Rent