The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887
INDEX
| Sections | Subject |
| 1. | Title, extent and commencement. |
| 2. | Repealed |
| 3. | Repealed |
| 4. | Definitions |
| CHAPTER II RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY |
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| 5. | Tenants having right of occupancy |
| 6. | Right of occupancy of other tenants recorded as having the right before passing of Punjab tenancy Act, 1868 |
| 7. | Right of occupancy in land taken in exchange |
| 8. | Establishment of right of occupancy on grounds other than those expressly stated in Act |
| 9. | Right of occupancy not to be acquired by mere lapse of time |
| 10. | Right of occupancy not to be required by joint owner in land held in joint ownership |
| 11. | Continuance of existing occupancy-right |
| CHAPTER III RENT Rents generally |
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| 12. | Respective rights of landlord and tenant to produce |
| 13. | Commutations and alteration of rent |
| 14. | Payments for land occupied without consent of landlord |
| 15. | Collection of rents of undivided property |
| Produce rents | |
| 16. | Presumption with respect to produce removed before division or appraisement |
| 17. | Appointment of referee for division or appraisements |
| 18. | Appointment of assessors and procedure of referee |
| 19. | Procedure after division or appraisement |
| 20. | Enhancement of produce-rents of occupancy tenants |
| 21. | Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing sections |
| Cash rents paid by Tenants having Rights of occupancy | |
| 22. | Enhancement of cash reduction of rent by suit |
| 23. | Reduction of rents referred to in the last foregoing section |
| General Provisions relating to Suits for Enhancement or Reduction of Rent | |
| 24. | Enhancement and reduction of rent by suit |
| 25. | Discretion as to extent of enhancement of reduction |
| 26. | Time for enhancement or reduction to take effect |
| Adjustment of Rents expressed in terms of the Land-revenue | |
| 27. | Adjustment of rents expressed in terms of land revenue |
| 27A | Omitted |
| Alteration of Rent on Alteration of Area | |
| 28. | Alteration of rent on Alteration of area |
| Remission | |
| 29. | Remission of rent by courts decreeing arrears |
| 30. | Remission and suspension of rent consequent on like treatment of land revenue |
| Deposits | |
| 31. | Power to deposit rent in certain cases with revenue officer |
| 32. | Effect of depositing rent |
| Recovery of rent from attached produce | |
| 33. | Recovery of rent from attached produce |
| Lease for period exceeding term of Assessment of Land-revenue | |
| 34. | Treatment of leases for period exceeding or equal to terms of assessment of land-revenue |
| CHAPTER IV. RELINQUISHMENT, ABANDONMENT AND EJECTMENT. Relinquishment. |
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| 35. | Relinquishment by tenant for a fixed term |
| 36. | Relinquishment by any other tenant |
| 37. | Relinquishment of part only of a tenancy |
| 38. | Abandonment of tenancy by occupancy-tenant |
| LIABILITY TO EJECTMENT | |
| 39. | Grounds of ejectment of occupancy-tenant |
| 40. | Grounds of ejectment of tenant for a fixed term |
| 41. | Ejectment of tenant from year to year |
| PROCEDURE ON EJECTMENT | |
| 42. | |
| 43. | Application to Revenue-officer for ejectment |
| 44. | Ejectment for failure to satisfy decree for arrear of rent |
| 45. | Ejectment to tenant from year to year by notice |
| 46. | Power to make rules |
| GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING EJECTMENT | |
| 47. | Time for ejectment |
| 48. | Relief against forfeiture |
| 49. | Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops and land prepared for sowing |
| RELIEF FOR WRONGFUL DISPOSSESSION | |
| 50. | Relief for wrongful dispossession or ejectment |
| 50-A. | Bar to civil suits. |
| 51. | Bar of relief by suit under section 9, Act I 1877 |
| Power to very dates prescribed by this Chapter | |
| 52. | Power for State Government to fix dates for certain purposes |
| CHAPTER V. ALIENATION OF, AND SUCCESSION TO, RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY |
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| 52-A | Omitted. |
| 53. | Private transfer of right of occupancy under section 5 by tenants |
| 54. | Procedure on foreclosure of mortgage of right of occupancy under section 5. |
| 55. | Sale of right of occupancy under section 5 in execution of decree |
| 56. | Transfer of right of occupancy under any other section than section 5. |
| 57. | Rights and liabilities of transfer of right of occupancy |
| 58. | Subletting |
| 58-A | Transfer of right of occupancy under any section of the Act by exchange |
| 59. | Succession to right of occupancy |
| 60. | Irregular Transfer of right of occupancy |
| CHAPTER VI. IMPROVEMENT AND COMPENSATION. Improvements by landlords |
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| 61. | Improvements by landlords on tenancies of occupancy tenants |
| 62. | Enhancement of rent in consideration of an improvement made by a landlord on the tenancy of an occupancy pendent |
| 63. | Title of occupancy tenant to make improvements |
| 64. | Title to tenants not having right of occupancy to make improvements |
| 65. | Improvements made before commencement of this Act |
| 66. | Improvements begun in anticipation of ejectment |
| 67. | Tender of lease for twenty years to tenant to be a bar to right to compensation |
| 68. | Liability to pay compensation for improvement to tenants on ejectment or on enhancement of his rent |
| 69. | Compensation for disturbance of clearing tenants |
| 70. | Determination of compensation by Revenue Courts |
| 71. | Determination of compensation by Revenue-officers |
| 72. | Matters to be regarded in assessment of compensation for improvements |
| 73. | Form of compensation |
| 74. | Relief in case of ejectment before determination of compensation |
| CHAPTER VII JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE |
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| 75. | Revenue-officers |
| 76. | Applications and proceedings cognizable by Revenue-officers |
| 77. | Revenue Courts and suits cognizable by them |
| 78. | Superintendence and control of Revenue-officers and Revenue Courts |
| 79. | Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases |
| 80. | Appeals |
| 81. | Limitation for appeals |
| 82. | Review by Revenue-officers |
| 83. | Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review |
| 84. | Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue-officers and Revenue Courts |
| 85. | Procedure of Revenue-officers |
| 86. | Persons by whom appearance may be made before Revenue-officers as such and not as Revenue Courts |
| 87. | Costs |
| 88. | Procedure of Revenue Courts |
| 89. | Power of Revenue-officers or Revenue Courts to summons persons |
| 90. | Mode of service of summons |
| 91. | Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation or copy thereof |
| 92. | Additional mode of publishing proclamation |
| 93. | Joinder of tenants as parties to proceedings relating to rent |
| 94. | Exception of suits under this Act from operation of certain enactments |
| 95. | Payment into Court of money admitted to be due to a third person |
| 96. | Execution of decrees for arrears of rent |
| 97. | Prohibition of imprisonment of tenants in execution of decrees for arrears of rent |
| 98. | Power to refer party to Civil Court |
| 99. | Power to refer to High Court questions as to jurisdiction |
| 100. | Power of High Court to validate proceedings held under mistake as to jurisdiction |
| 101. | Place of sitting |
| 102. | Holidays |
| 103. | Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled |
| 104. | Retention of powers of Revenue-officers of transfer |
| 105. | Conferment of powers of Revenue-officer or Revenue Court |
| 106. | Power for Financial Commissioner to make rules |
| 106A | Licensing of petition-writers in Revenue Courts and Revenue-officer |
| 107. | Rules to be made after previous publication |
| 108. | Powers exercisable by Financial Commissioner from time to time |
| CHAPTER VIII. EFFECT OF THIS ACT ON RECORDS-OF-RIGHTS AND AGREEMENTS |
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| 109. | Nullity of certain entries in record-of-rights |
| 110. | Nullity of certain agreements contrary to the Act |
| 111. | Savings of other agreements when in writing |
| 112. | Effect of certain entries made in record-of-rights before November, 1871 |
| THE SCHEDULE-ENACTMENT REPEALED | |
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