Chapter XIV Record of Landlord's Privileged Lands

Section 122: Procedure in inquiries

The Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Jharkhand. The copy prints amendments in square brackets without naming the amending Acts and gives no "as amended up to" date; the newest amending instrument it names is the Chota Nagpur Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1969 (President's Act 4 of 1969), while it already carries later wording such as references to the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (section 3) and the Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2002 (section 1).

The copy prints no footnotes. Omitted words are shown as "[* * *]" where the copy shows them, and its typing errors (for example "mortgagte" in section 46 and "tor" in section 6) are reproduced as printed.

Chapter VII-A is printed only as a heading with the title "[* * *]" and contains no sections.

Schedule A, Schedule B and the Appendix (Part I: provisions of the Chota Nagpur Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1920 not incorporated in the text; Part II: the Seraikela and Kharsawan (Laws) Act, 1951 with its Schedule of modifications) are printed at the end of the India Code file and are listed here by heading only.

In any inquiry under this Chapter, a Revenue Officer,-

(1) shall have regard to any evidence that may be available in respect of the following among other matters, namely,-

(a) who originally reclaimed the lands and brought them under cultivation;

(b) whether the lands have at any time been let as landlord's privileged lands or as Raiyati lands; and

(c) whether the lands have, since their reclamation, been let year by year, or for specific periods, or for indefinite periods; and

(2) shall proceed in the prescribed manner; and

(3) shall receive in evidence any judgement, decree or order of a Civil Court or of the Deputy Commissioner, if the same be relevant;

but no such judgement, decree or order shall be conclusive proof that the lands are, or not landlord's privileged lands.