The Bengal Regulation 1 of 1973
###### I r 1793 : Ben. Reg.l.j

llENUAL REGULATI ON L OF 1793 ll J

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###### l ist May 1793J

 A R egulation lor enacting inlo a R egulation cer-
 tain Articl es of a Proclamation bearing date the 22nd M arch, L793.
 1. The following articles of the p1 ucla matiQn relative to the: puamble.

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limitation of the public dem•.m<l upon tile land~, addressed by
the Governor-General in Council to lllf' zami udatS, i ndependent
talukdars a nd o ther actual prop1 iclOrs ol land paying revenue to

>t

Government, in the Provinces of Benga l, Bihar and Orissa, are
hereby enacted into a R l'gulation, which is to have fo rce and

effect from the 2:!nd ~ ran·h , 1793, tht d<liC of tlu .. proclamation.

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###### 2. Art. I.- I n the original Rt·gulatious l!Jl the decennial Decenn ial

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settlement of the pubhc re v emw~ on llcng,tl I lJihnr _and Orissa]_ settlement

###### m P[assed ] [for ] [th] [o~c ][l'rovim][.][c:. ], rCSJ)Ct.' i\ th ·' of the lUth September ' d e~ d I~ tt red con-nally

1789, the 25th NoV<'mhcr, 17U9 and t he lflth F<•bn1ar , 1790, ~ ~oen t

###### it was notified to the proprietors of •I an l , with or on behalf of b/original

or

whom a settlem ent m1~ht be concludt>d, that the jama a s-.e.~s ed Regulations.
###### upon their lands under tho,c H.cgul,aions w<nlld be continued
after the expiration of the ten yt·ars .. wd ll:lll<'tin unalterable for-

ever, J)rovided such contiuuance slwnld mcr·l with the approba-

tion ol the H onourable Court of Dirccl•>rs I<Jl" the aJiairs of the

East I ndia Company, tnd n11L _odr_ n~i,,·.

###### 3. Art. II.-The Marqu i, Curn .'alii-., K~tight o( the ~ lost Power to

Noble Order of the Gatttr, Guvnuur-Gcnet Jl in Cuum:il, now declare jama
notifies to all :.:aminuar s, rndepcndcut t.tluku.us and ot her actua l assessed upon

proprietors of land pa yiug ICI.CllliC to Goverumt•nt, i l1 the Pro- ~aodsR un~er

vinces of Bengal _[JJwar nnl (h twrl_ that he h.t~ been e mpowered t t?~s egfi:c:d
###### by the Honourable Court ol Directors for the affairs of the forev'er.
East India Company to dccl.llr :lw j.tm.l, which has been or may
be assessed upon their ),m Is undct tlw Rr·i'UI.ttions above men-

tioned, fixed forever.

(l J The Regulati<'n ~hall 5t.uul unnrodi.i.-,1. H n, .ts re..pec.t anything

done or tl) be done .. rt~r ria.: r.ommcllccm ·nt of Constil uti•m, references to the
Governor-General in Council shall ~ con~trucu ~, n·fcrcnce. to the State
Government, except that, a' IC'Spet.ts th •t p~• iod, rcfet ences to the making or

adaption of Regulations uy the• Govcrnor-Gener.d in C<>unci l or the Bntish
Administrcltions shall be comtru                - d .u rcfermLes to th.: pass a ng of Acts or the

State Legislature.- _!"ide direction in_ thr. Adaptation Ord••r, .950.

###### l'] SHORT 'l I'fLl·:.- fhis sLort title was given by the Amending Act,

J A97 (V of 189 7) (since rc:pealed)

LOCAL .E.XTENT.~1 his Regulation has been dcclaud, by notifica1ion

under the Scheduled Distucts .\ ct, 187·~ (XlV of 187 ~), s.·ction 3, to be in
force in the di3tricts of Uo dpara (exrludinC( th ~ E:utcrn Duar3J and Sylhet-

_ue notifications_ _Nos_ _. t!!-i2 J.,_ dar«-d 1st \pnl 111'17 and I 15!!-J., dated 3rd Octo-

ber 1819 in the ~lanual of Local Ruks ahd Ord··r<, Vol. I, IO~telher with Noti-
fication No. 713-L., dated :!7th Sr-ptcltlbet 1937.

RULES AND ORDERS RELATi l':G TO L:\ 'liJ RE\'l.:.NU~, APPLI-

CABLE IN ASSA M.-Stl footnote (1) to th-: A,~aw Lan<J. aQd Revenue R c ~u·

la.tion, 1886 **(1** ef U86', f1•'.                   -


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 l l 793: Be n. Reg. l \

Jarra assessed 1. A1 t. ll L -TIH: Gove1 nor-General in Council accordingly

upon .l and~ of declares to the zamindars, indepcndellt tatukclars and othrr

pr.othpr1ehtors actual!1rop:ietors of lauu with or on lx:half of whom a se ttlemen t
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,ettlcmrnt has IJCCH cuHtlu<.lcd undc1 the Regulatamb above men tioned, tha t

concluded at the expiration of the tern1 or the settlement no alteration will

fixed fore, cr. he made in t lu.: as~es~ment which they ha\'e tespectivdy engageu

to pay, lmt that the) , and their heirs and lawful s u ccc~sors, will
be allowed to ltOid thcit estates at such assessment forever.

Jam a }J(reat~ _5._ A at. L \'. -- 1 he lands ot SOllie zamindat s, independent

\cr agreed to talukdars and other actual proprictOIS of land, ha ving !Jr.en held
by proprietors khas, or let in !'arm, in eonscquclll:e of their r efusing to pay the
whose land [5 ] assessment rC(jUia ed ol them uHdcr tltc Rcgulatiuns above-men-

or lare et held in farm khas llOIIe · d , tIC I G O\'el'nOt •vC'Il, , Cf <l 1 · Ill (' •OUllCl ·1 now !lOLl ICS · f" tO t IC 1

fixed forcvu.' zamind ars, indcpenclcatL talukdars a nd other actual proprietor

###### of land \\hose lands an, held khas that thcv shall be restored 10
the managemcat of their lands, upon thcit' agreeing tv the pay-
###### ment of the asse~smcnt which has been or way be required of them, in confonnity to the Rcgulallolls ubuvc-mcn tioned, and that no alteration shall afterwards I.e made in that assessment,
 but that they, and their heirs and lawful successors, shall Le permitted to hold their respective estates at such assessment for ever:
 awl he Jecl.ties to the za miwi Jrs, tndepcmicnt taluk<.lars

ami othct actual proprinors ol Janus wbosc land~ ha\'e been let
in farlll, that they sh.tll no t re ~ain possession of tilt ir lanJs be-
fore the expirat ion ol the period for which they have been fi·am-
###### ed (unless the Ianners sha ll voluntarily t·oa1se11t to make over to them the remaining term uf thti:· lease, a nd the Govemor-Gene ·
tal in < :ouncil ~hall approve of the tramlcal, but that at the

r:-.piration of that peril d, upon their agreeing to thl prtyment of

1 he assessment \\ hich may be requ ired of t ltt lll , t:te~ shall be

'ciustatccl, and t lut no alteration sh.1ll aftet v·a                         - t Is bl' mad t· : n

a hat as:;c; ~ment, ln,t that theY, aud their heir~. a,1d ittwl'ul ut.cc:..-

~OJ~, shall be allowed to hold the1r re!>pecuve l'Statl~ .tt such assess-
###### m"nt l01·eva.

Jama ot land~ 6 An.\'.- h titc c:·.cnt of th.: :•toprictary 1i•;ht in land that

bclong1n17 to arc, or may become, the property of Government being trans-

~overn~cnt, fC ned to individuals, such individuals and their heirs and law-

r~ ~~ai~Jsd~~i- ful successors, shall be permittt"Ai to hold the la nds at the

duals, fixed asse~sment at which they may be transf~rred forever.

###### • , forever • . 7. At t. \ I. - It ;s well known to the zamind:u ~ . independent

Jusel5ment 1n I k·l d h 1                  - f 1                  - 11
former times ta u uars an ot cr actua p ropn ctot s o .lnl1 , • s we ::>s to

liable to the inhabllants of Bengal, Bihar and Ori~sa, in fSCiw:·a] , that from

v.ariat~on at the earliest umcs until t he present period th~'> publ:c assessment

dCJscrcuon of upon the lar.d has never !J:-en fixed, hu t that, according to esta-

ovcrnmcnt. bl' 1s h d c usage an d custom, t 1 1e ru 1 ers o t tcsc prI' 1 ovmc· cs 1 tave fi rom

###### time to time demanded an mereas:-: of assessment frcm the pro-
prietors olland ; a nd that, for the purpose of ob taining this in-
crease, not only frequent investigations have been made to ascer-
###### tain the actual produce or the r estates, but t.Jat it has been the

pract1cc to deprive th em of the management oft tcir lands, and
eithc::r to let them in farm , or to appoinl officers on the part or
###### Covernment to collect the :mcssment immediately from t he

raiyat~ .


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###### 5 1793: Ben. Reg. l.j
 The Hononraule Court of DirectOr>, consitiering these usages ;\lotives 1?f
 and measures tv be detrimental to the prosperity of the country, Court of ; t•
 . I h f d h . r· h rc::tors .or
1ave, Wit 1 a vtcw to promote t ~ utur..: case an appmc;s o t c abl•lishing

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 pcopk, autl10ri/.ed 1l1G foregoing declarations ; and the za:ni n· us:lgc and
dars, independent talukdars and other actual proprietors of la nd, fixing
with or ou behalf of whom <1 settlement has uecn or may be assetsrnent.

concluded, are to consider these orders fixing the amount of the
assessment as irrcvocaule, and not liable to alteration uy any
persons whom the c.)lJI to!" Di r~ctor~ may hercalier appoint to
###### the administi·;uion or their ;,frairs in this country.

 The Govc1nor-Gcncral in Council tru.>ts that the proprietors Proprietors
 of land, semible or the benefits confencJ upon them by the public ~xpeeted to
assessment being fixed forever, will el\Crt thcru~elvcs in the culti· Improve
###### . 1. I . I d d I . i I "11 . estate!.
vatton o t tetr an s, un cr t 1e cct tatnty t m• t tcy w1 enJOY

exclusively the fruits of the1r own good managemt"llt and industr>,
###### and that no demand will ever be made upon. them, or their heirs

or successors, by the pr~sent or any futu1e Government, for an

au gmentation of the pub;ic ri>~<·ssmcnt in consequence of the
improvement of their respective estates .

###### To discharge the revenues at the stip1\latcd periods with out \)onduet to
delay or evasion and to com! uc: l them>ch-es \\ ith good faith a nd be observ~d

moderation towards tht"ir dependent talukcliirs ami raiyats, a re by propnde·
ut1es at a 11 tunes ·                   - 111 d" tspensa 1 > 1 y rcqutre · d f' rom t h e propnc· tors o depende , f tors towar **1**
###### d [· ]
 land, aud a str ict oh<('n,mcc ol those duties is now more th an ever t alukda~

incu mbent upon them, in telurn fot the benefits which they wtll and raiyata.
themselves derive from the orders now i.sucd.

###### 'I he Governor-Gcnctal i~. l..:>nncil tlwrctOI c expects that the

proprietor~ of land will not nnly act in this tn<Jmwr themselves
tow.uds their depcnd~nt t lukdars <•Ud Jaiy.Jt;, but also enjo!n the

###### stricte"t cldl.ercnce tu t te ~.am<.: principle~ i11 the pu !lOllS whom

they may appoint to t:oilcct the r cuts from them.

I{e turth<"r expects that, wtthout deviating from this line of No c:la_ima

conduct, they will regularly discharge the revenue in all seasons/or rem,sstona

l 1· 1 1                                             - f I · or suspen·
###### an d [} ]tc accor d[. ]mg y nott ICS to t 1elll, 1 tat, trl uturc, no c atms or sions

application for suspensions or remissions, on account of drought,               -

###### mundation or other calamity o{ sca~ons will be attended to, but
 that in the event of any zamindar, independent talukdar or other
actual proprietor of lanJ, with or on bchall of whom a settlem ent
has been or may he concluded, or his or her heirs or successors,
failing in the punctual discharge of the public revenue which has

been or may tJe as~c~scd upon Llteir Iantis under the above·

mentioned Rcgu ations, a sale of the whole of the lands, of the Sale of land

defaulter, or sucn 1 ortion of thun as may l>e sutficient to m ake for arrears.

gvod the arrear, will posittvcly and invariably take place.
###### 8. ,\n. Vll.-To prevent any misconstruction of the fore-

going arucles the Gove. nor-General in Council thinkc; it necessary
to makt. the lollowtng declarations to the zamindars, independent
talukdars and other acrual propncturs of land. .
###### First.-It being the duty ol th · mling power to protect all ~c gu )ahon s

classes of people and more particularly tho!e who I rom their tf~. 1 f'!"Ote~f

situatton are most helpless, the Governor-General in Council will, rai)" 'ts, etc.

whenever he may deem it propel, enact such Re~ulations as he


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may thi uk tH.ce.,~.~~~ l0r tl 1e prote~;tion a 1u.l welfare of the depen-

###### dr;H talu kda t ~, rdi),llS ana olhl'r culti\'atms of the :.oi l; and no
;.amindar, ind ependen t tal~t kdM or olltet d e tual proprietor of land

shall be entitlcu ort 1 his arcou nr to m.tke any objection to the
discharge of the ft ,c cl asst -sm cttl which they have respectively
agteed to pa v.

Right otl; 0 • _Saund.- ll1c C_ o\ cm vr-G cnt·r.tl in CourH il having, on the

,ernmcnt to 2Cth Jul y, ~790, di r<·crcd th r s •. ir c•JJICltion to be abolished, a

all _int ern~tl full compem:Hion w.ts to r aHtrd to the p t opt ietors of land for t l1e

dunes. lOSS of rC\('IIliC' ~11 lalllC'U b) the111 in U Ji lSI\ [UCilCC of this aboli tion;
###### and he unw decJ. rc· th 11, il he ~hou ld bn~;:ftrr th iuk it proper to
re-rs!ablish ttw s.1ir co~ll <.tio s or any otllt;r in tctllal duties, an 1

to at• point olliret > 011 t lw p.u·L ol (,<)\ ernmcnt to collec t t!Jem, no

###### pwpt icror ol !ami "ill IJ, aclt11ittcd t<J any pat tinpation thereof.
or be cntitlctl to m.tkt: ;u } c ,tuus fr11' n m•s:.ion~ of a ss~ssmc nt on
th.u a ccount.

ant! 1" Jam..t _Tlmd.-' I he l . r,·. ct not-l;cu•. r_ «l in Cuuucil will irnp o~e J.uch

on dlienatrd •lSl>t:ssment as lw lll.l\o th-em cqut tabk <HI all l.tnds a t present

Iantis. alienated anti P·•}illl{ no publie revenue \\hich ha\'t: been or may

be proved to be held unu er tllt:ga.l or in\'alid title~.

1 he assessment ~o irupo~cd will belong to Government, and

110 proprietor of J,llld will be• cutitlea to any part of' it.

Resumpuon _bourtft .- - ! he jatll,l of those z.a_ mind.t_rs, i':'dcpcndent talukd"::'s

(,f polic, and o ther ac tu.tl pwpttetul ~ c,l I.wd, ,., h1<.h IS dcdareJ fixed m

.allowa n~s the foregoing artide~. JS _h>_ b.· constdcn:ct entirely unconncctcJ

I ll propne• with. <lOU cxcfu:.ivc ol', all\' ;dh\\<ti\CCS wh ich have been made tO
ton. them in tlw ;~dju.-tnwnt ui· their jallla, lor keeping up tlranas or

police t'~t.tbirshu.ruts, .u.d also nl the pmtluce of . .lily lands which

they lllil}' lr,t\·c bt~r· n fl' rmitted tu appr opriate i:)l rhc sa m(' p ur-
pose, a11tl the (,c)\ l'l thH-Gc neral in C•)•lllril res ~.:rvr:s to hi mself the
option of rc·:.u1ning the "hoi" or part or such allov .. a uccs, or pro-

du~;e ol sud1 lamb, accor rl in.., ... s he m..t }- 1 It ink 1 •roper in conse-

quence ul 1,., lta\:ing ... :-..viii l.ttco ti.e p1 optreto• ~ (JJ l.llld from the

~;barge of k~;cping tht. pc .. cc, aml ,tpputr.tcd olhCl rs on the part of

Government to superintend the police or the COUil l l'/·

I _lw_ GoYCinor- (;~·ucr I 1 Colli ·til , 110Wcvcr, dcclar es that t!tc

allo\\'anccs or prouutc •Jf l.md~ whi' h may u•! tc.,umed will be

appropriated to no o th er purpose but that of defraying the
expense of the poltcc ; and that instru<:.tions will ;)C sen t to the
###### Collect01s not to add such alluwances or the produce or such
lands, to the jama 01 the proprie tors of land, but to collect the
amount f1 om them separately .

Estate of Fijill.-~othing c·ontaincd m this prodamat io, shall be con-

disqualified strued to tend.:r the lands of the ~c,eral descriptions of d isquali-

prop~ietors fied proprietors, spr c't ed in the {u st Ar ticl<' of tl.e Regulations rc-
###### :lt h.ab lef~~ garding tlisqualiti.-d I.mdhoiJt>rs, passed on the 15th july, 1 i91,

arr:an. liable to sale for any arrears l • J '" hich have ae~;ru ed or ma y accrue

on the fixed jama that has bt'cn or may be assessed upon t heir

lands und er the aho,·c-mentioncd Regu lations for the d ecenn ia l
settlement: provided that ~ uch a r rears have accrued or may accrue

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 [I) Jlut sa thf' Courl \lf\\'ards A, t. lrti[1]J (U.·nf.: . Act I\. nl l 879) s. 23 A (in

Vd. II of this Code), ,,.]li, h autJ,.Jri~es t'1c ~1k \Jf r~tates, <'tc., for arrears of

tevenut "hiC'h have ::.c~ructl whJie th<; csta•e, -vere undn t te ¥harge uf the
Coun • f Wad•.

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###### 1973 : Ben. R.-g. 1.] 7

 during the time that they have been or may be dispossessed of the management of their lands under the said Regulatiom of the 15th July, 1791. It is to be understood, howl!ver, that whenever all or any of
 the descriptiom of disqualified landholders, specified in the first
 Article of the last-mentioned Regulations, shall be permitted to auume or retain the management of their lands, in consequence of the ground of their disqualification no longer existing, or of the Governor-General in Council dispcnsi11g with, altering or aboli~h­
 ing those Regulations, the lands of such proprietors will be held responsible lor the payment of the fixed jama that has been or
 may be assessed thereon, from the time that the management may devolve upon them, in the same m anner as the lands of all actual
 proprietors of land who are declared qualified for the manage-
 ment of their estates, and also of all actual proprietors who are unqualified for such management, by natural or o ther disabilities, but do not come within the descriptions of d1squalified landholders
 specified in the first Article of the Regulations of the 15th July,
 1791, are and willl::e held ans"' rrable, for any arrears that are or may become due from them, on the fixed jama which they, or any persons on their behalf, have engaged or may en~age to pay,
 under the above-mentioned Regulations, fo r the decennial
 settlement. 9. Art . VIII.-·That no doubt may be entertained whether Pco rictors
 proprietors of lnnd are entitled, under the exi~ting R~gulations, may iransfcr
 to diapose of their estateE without the previous S'lnction of Govern-lands wit~ ­
 meindependent talukdars nt, the Governor-General and otin her Council notifies to actual proprietors the of zami ndars, out land that ~eotovern-0anctlon
 they are privileged to transfer to whomsoever they may think '
 proper, by sale, gift or otherwise, their proprietar}' rights in the whole or any portion of their re5pective estates, without ap,Mying to Government for its sanction to the transfct·, and that all such transfers will be held valid :
 Provided that they be conformable to the Muhammadan or Proviso.
 the Hindu I aw.s (according as the religious per~uasions of the
 pat ties to earh transaction rna>· render the validity of it determin- able by the former or the latter Code), and that they be not repugnant to anv Rrgulations now in force, which have been passed by the Bnt1sh administratiom, or to any Regulations that they may he-reafter ent\ct.

[11 ] 10. An. IX. -l'rom the limitation ol' the pulic demand Rules for
###### upon the lands, the net income, and consequently the value (inde- apportiC'n· pendent of increase of rent obtainable by improvements), of any !ng fued

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###### landed propertr, for the assessment on whiclt a distinct engage- .Ja~ions ~}
 ment has been or may be entered into, between Government and ~ates of the proprietor, or that may be separately assessed, although event c.f
 included in one engagement with other estates belonging to the sale ~ 0d
 same proprietor, and which may l•e offer<:d for puhlic or private trans e;h~~ ~ sale entire, will always be asce1 tainable by a comparison of the ~f estatts,

[1) The application of this section ia extended by the Dcngal Inheritance

Regul ation, 1793 XI of 1793 , a. 4 _Post._

So much of the section as relates to the adjustm«"nt of the Government jam a

on land ~ expo~ed to publir 1:1le in sati.factinn of decr,.e~ was repealec-lj by Act
IV of 18,6, s.l.


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###### amount uf the hxn J jalll.t as~:-ss eu upon i l (whic h agrce;~blc to the
foregoing dc·claratious, is to 1 f'main unalterable forever, to whom.
soever the property mnv br. transfe rred ), witlr tlw whole u f its pro                        -
due<-, allowing fot tlrr charge-e ofmanagt>nH'nt.

Hu t it is also C;,~1:llti:1l that a nmificati,rn sho11ld br• m.,cle of
the principlC's u non whi ·h the fi"ed assessment 1 l•argcJ upon any

Sll C': h I'StatC wiJl ht :1pportionecl 011 t II' ~C'\' t'ral divi~i0m ()(' it, ill

###### the C\Cllt or the whc.l· ol' it heinQ; t:·an<li-rrc·cl by public Or p rivate'

~a l e, or oth<"rwisr·, in two nr mon· I ''.Ill of ;1 portion of it be in g

transferred in OllC', n· in lw                         - or 111                         - · l n t~, _c,r_ of its bf'ing joint

propert y, and a rlivi•inp or it Jr.~i n ~ rnad.· anvm~~t the proprie·
tors ; othcrwi~e, from the, ... lilt or·' ckc:ltrt'd lll ic for c;;timating

lhl' pmpurlion of tlu· fi·~··d j.lJlr.r with whiclt r:w SC\t·ral sha res

###### \\otdd he C':h:lr::!f':tl>lt• in I!Ch C:l~•·<, till' l't'.lf \":litiC' of C.tch share

would be \lll(f'rt:J.in, awl <"•"':lS{'rpr••nt ly the· hclllclt~ !''{per ted to

r!'sult li·mn f:xing the p•th}j,- a•                              - onwnr t'(l'lll tht~ lmd. w uld b~

###### hut pa ti.1lly oil'a inPd.
 The (; 1\Crll ) t' r.,- 1er:1l in r. ):tnc:l ha~ acco rdm ~ly pres·

crilwcl t!r· f>[1]lo"'IH' 1 ,1,. _he_ tppnrt' )'lin t't,.. !!·,,·d a~~e::.<tne n ts in

the Sl'vc ... d f' t;t:; .ih ,,;e-rn •nt:onr.d; bnt :~•. Go ·et.t.ncn: might sus-

t.tin a nm~id r.t [1]1l ·I ~~ n'' r··,·cn'l" lh dispr'>'1'Jrtiou:lil' allotments

###### of the<~> ,e;~ nr.nt, wr rc tl. · ar > .r;io!;i·t { ;l ·,~,i n a ny of the cases

above sperifir.d, to l•                      - l fr l' > th • l! '>··ietor ·, h·· -.·qnircs that all

such tt.msf ·r~ or divisi 111, • ~ Ill, l>.: 111 t I· by 1 [1]1 :)rival•~ nrr of
the pat til:~ du!lllSt Jvr~ lJ•' ll<"lt' j,.cl _[1 ]_                         - £[1]1" l: >1!1'Ct<J' f 1 l or the fCVC ·

nue of the zila iu which th,.. lands may I.e situ.u. d, or s•Jch other
officer oiS Co\'t'rrlrne nt 111:\) in fl!(ltr(' J'!T~\'1 ., c . i·t order that the
fixed j.nna, a'~~"~~ed upon thl' whnlc· r stat.', ruav 1Jc ~ppo r t i o ned
on thr Sf'.veral                           - nlt"S in the t1lanncr hcteaftrr dit cted, and that
the llillllt'S or t)IC' "ltOprictl)r' • f' c tdt sh,,rr ar,d tLt· _y:wn_ l.lr:-trged

tllef~on may be entn~d upon tltc !Hl'•lic tegiH<'rs, o~n d that sepa·
t ate e-ngagement> r .. r the pol.)'llllltt ,,, tlte j \Ilia as~l'sscd upon caclr

share 111ay bee~ cCiltccl bv th•·! ropt ietors, who will tllC'ncc for·

ward lw conside•ed as actual pmJH ic tor~ of land .
. \nd the GO\·rrnor bcnct.d in Cuunc:il rlec:lnr .. s t;.ar, if the

part i l~ l'> ~uch tr. 11'!~t, 111 divisi.-11 s sh.oll cHnit to notify them to

thl' Collel.tor [ 1 1 or the 1'1'\'CIIlll' of tiH ~~~ I or ~llrh utiH·r nfficer as

may bt• herealtt>r prescril>rd, l()r t~c p•Jrpust's l>efor;:-mentioned,

the whole of ~uch !'State will he held rc<•)Qnsiblc 10 Government
for the discharge c.t rhe h'l:("d j .rna a~~<'·~~ d upon it, in the snml"

###### mannrr as ilno sue rransfer "' di\ isi on hncl ew• takcH pbce.
 The Gov•·rnot Cc:n"t.tl in Cou ncil thinks it nerrs~a rv furthe r

t,> notify, in cluriclation of tht• dcd:nnt.Pn ~ c•n tailietl in h is

###### Article (which are cnrdi.rmable w lhl' prin rplcs of the existing Regulatiom ), that if ar \ 7..\lllindar, in i< prm!cnt t tlukd.tr or
otht>r actual proprict~. r of I ancl ~hall dtsp•1St> of a port i >ll cf his or

###### her Iantis as a drrc11dt:nt taluk, the jam .. which may IJC' stipulated

to be paid h)- t he dept>nclent tJiukdar \\'til not be eulercd upo n
the records of Go\ rr nmcn t, nor will the It amfrr exemp t such lands
from ----. h~in~ ----auswt>rahlr, . ··-··- --in cotnrnon ---- -wirh -----the 1t-111ainder ---of rhe

[ t 1 Tn .'.nam, tl·r llc:'p 11y Commi-.iourr. ;\• t() tl e e.,rrci,e of functions

###### or Deptll\' rommi• ,101\l'r~. St th" ... ,,,.,, lan a :llu! Rt">f' IIU• R '\ u(.\tion, 188 6

( [ • f Jil ~c.) , Chapter V Ir. /•••H.


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###### 1793: Ben Reg. l.j PERM.\r-£NT '5.t!.tTLE111ENT 9

 estate, for the paymcut of the public revenue assessed upon the whole of it, iu the event of the proprietor, or his or her heirs or success01s, falling in arrear fi·om any cause whatever, nor will it
 be allowed, in anv case, to effect the rights or claims of Govern- ment, any more than if it had never taken place.

 Fint.-1n the cveut of the whole of the lauds of a zamindar,
 independent talukdar or other actual proprietor of land, with or on behalf of whom a settlement has been or may be concluded, under the Regulations above-mentioned being exposed to public sale by the order of the Governor-General in Council, for the

disch~.rge of arrears of assessment, or in consequence of the deci-
###### sion of a Court of Justice in two or more Jots the assessment upon
 each lot shall be fixed at an amount which shall bear the same proportion to its <lctual produce as the fixed assessment upon the whole of the lands sold may bear to the whole of their actual produce.

 lhis produce shall be ascertained in the mode chat is or may
 be prescribed by the existing Regulations, or such other Regula- tiQm as the Governor-General in Council rna y hereafter adopt, ,\nd the purchaser or purchasers of such lands, and his or her or their hen·s and lawful successors, shall hold them at the jama at which they may Le so purchased, forever.

_Seco11d.-_ When a portion of the l.mds of a zamindar, ince-

###### pendent talukdar or other a ·t uc1l proprietor of land, with or on behalf of whom a settlement has been or may be concluded under the Regulations before-mentioned shall be exposed to public sale by order of the Governor-G ~ncral in Council, for the liquidation
 of arrears of assessment, or pursuant to the decision of a Court of
 J usti::e, the as~ssment upon such lauds if disposed of in one lot,
 shall be fixed at an amount which shall bear the same proprotion
 to their actual produr:e as the Jixed asse~sment upon the whole of
 the lands of such proprietor, inc!tJdiug those disposed of, may bear to the whole of their act~..tl produLc.

 If the lands sold shall be disposed of in two or more lots, the
 assessment upon each Jot shall be fixed at an amount which shall bear the same proportion to its actual produce as the fixed assess- ment upon the whole of the lands of such proprietor, including
 those sold, may bear to the whole of their actual produce.

 The actual produce of the whole of the lands of such proprie-
 tor, whether the J..Ortion of them which may be sold be dis- poseu of in one or in two or more lots, shall be ascertained in the mode that is or may be pn:scribed by the existing Regulations, or mch other Regulations a3 the Governor-General in Council may

l hereafter enact, and the purchaser or purchasers of such lands,
###### s and his or her or their heirs or successors, will be allowed to hold
e them at the jama at which they may be so purchased, forever:

###### and the remainder of the public jama, which will consequently be payable by the former proprietor of the whole estate, on

15 account of the portion of it that may be left in his or her pos•

6

###### sessiou, will coutiuue unalterable forever,


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###### 10 l 'EIOIA!'-11 ;>,T •'li::J"l J.l \IU\ I I I 7')3 : .Ucu. Reg. I.

 T hird.- \\'hen a ~:aminuar, mnepcuden t taluktlar or other actual proprietor of laud with or ou IJc'half of w b01 n a settlement has been or may be concluded, sha, ll<m~l· r tht: whok of his or
 her estate m two or more d isti~; nl porti•Hts to two c)l wore persuns
or a portion thereof to onr perw11, or to two or more persons in
###### joint proper ty, by pnvatc s:tle, l!ift ot otherwiv·, the .•~scssmcnt
 upon each dtstinc~ jJmtion ot Sitch e~t,1t1: s.J tra11sfen ed ~hall be

lixed at an amount vltich ~IPtl be tr the: !>am· ptopmtiou to its
###### actual produce as the a sse~smenl upon the: whole ot thr· c·statc or
the transfernug propt i< lor _r f_ wlt i ,~h tlt" whole or a P"rtion may
be so transferred, may beat· t•t the wlv>lc of its ac tu al prod uc e.

###### This prodJce ~hall be asc:crtat11d in tlw mode th<tt is or m ay

be prescribed in the existing Rc2ulatiou:;, or such otlH.:r Regula-
tions as Govermnent may lu~n·aitr r adopt , atl'l the perso n or

###### persons to whom sudt larl(L rna\ be; transfen ed <llld his or her or thetr heirs and Jawlul succe~so ;, <h.tll IH>Id th m at the .ia ma at which they may l>e ~o lratt-k• rtd, turcvt r: ,tnd \1 here only a
 portiou of ~uc.:h estate sha.t I 'e t r.ttt-kncd, the remai nder of the:

publi~ jama which wrtl ronsc'l'H'Iltly h,. p.1yab l ~ hy the Jormer

###### propnetor ol the whole <'Slate [I I Oil aCC'() UI1t or the lands that may remain iu his 01 her pos.;essio n sh.tll be ccJlttinu d u naltera-
ble forever.

###### Fourth.- \\ hencver a di\ision s!J,.IIl>c made of lands, tit<~

settleme nt otwhich lt <ts been or may he C<ll eluded wiilt or on IJc-
halfof the p10pnctor or ptOptit:tor, ani that nc or llta \' become
###### the joint propeny ol t\\ o or 111011! p.-r~ons, tltc a~sessrnent upon each share shall be fixer! at an autOllltt whidt sltall bt·ar the same proportion to its actual produ ···· <1\ tltc lt:--1 d j.ltoa a>sc~st'd up<?n
 the whole oitllc esl<He drvidc·cl m.1v hc,u to the v:ltolc of rts
actual produce.                       -

###### This produce sha ll !J, ascertained iu tire moue th<1L i~ or m ay

be pre:,crrbed l>v the e-.;i-tlllg K(;gtJlutions or suc h •·tha Reg ula-

tions as the Governor-venera! itt Council rna~ hnealh:r adop t,

###### and the l>harers. and then iu:ir ~ .tttd l,n, lui ~ u c1.e~sors, ~ltall hold

their respective shatcs at tl1 e jattta which may he _s )_ as§esscd

###### upon th em, for ever.

Adjusttn" l ~J 11. Art. X.                     - I hr. I l.O\ iug rt:lcs an· J>IC!•·ri>cd rc~pec..l-

jama oflan.ds illg the adjustmc..nt ol the a~swslltt'nt r)ll the l.lnds of ;;amindars,

held khas or independent talukdars and otlt :r actual propn etors of land whose

let m farm. lands are or rna; be hclJ khas or let in farm , in the even t of

the ir being disposed of by public s;.~lc, or tramfern:d, by any
###### ptivale act ol the proprietor, ot ol th ·n being .JGint property aud
a d1vision ol ,hera takir.g place among~t the propt ~etor s.

###### First.- H the whole, (Jf a portion of tiH; lands of a za mindar,

independe nt talukdar or other a~Lual proprietor of land who may
###### not have agreed to the paynwnt ot the asses. menl proposed to him or her under the Regulatio:1s aho· e-mc..ntiOJ,ed, and whose lands arc or may be held kh<~ s or let in farlll, sh~.tlr be exposed

 l ] .\,r iu ( laz I
 ( J I he allJh(i<lc•Jil ol o. ll is ,·,tcndecl IJ; th• L;~tt!)al l uhn itance
 lt .. gulatinn, 179'J (XI t•f 17!1, . • •1 l'o11.

~o muclr 01 t I , ••                               - '.dl'~ t" tl• · adJH·tm r.t o[ rh• G J\•;tn•nrnLJallla on

Luuib e.p-..scJ to pu:.,hc.. ._:c; ':r 6 '\l•l•l tiJz. .I l;~• _:s_ " l' reJ • .l)dj.,} \ t l Y

of 18,51 [r ] [1, ( ][tne• r•pea ] [•d). ]


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###### Reg. I. 1793: llt-n . Rt>g, 1.) l1 f.\ c c N 0. 1 L't I i

r uthet

###### to puhlic q\e, 111 one r a ITl t\\'o 111 Ill OJ c I<Jh (pursuant to the

ttlemcnt

decree of a _f.r_ llrt of.Jthticc , SUI h land,, jf khas, sha ll he disposed

>f h1s or

###### of at whate\t 1 .1 cssn• l t c I :m«·auvr l, nerJI in Council may

           - pers,,ns

~rsons in deem l"(jllit.t Llt-., nrl tl1t' pu11 hnsc:-~. or purc:h.t t•rs of, such lands

a nd his or Jwr 01 thc it lteir~ ;111d la,l'rul ~Hrl·c~ ;ors, shall hold the

;essment

land ~ .1! tllr· .t ~>c.:s~mt•nt a• "l.i« h t ht>v 111a\ be ~o purchased

h all he

lot· <'VCJ.

n tu 1ts

~stall. or H tlw Llatd<. at tlw tim· of tl•r·ir lwin !.{ exposed to sa le, shall
ion may be llt'ld 111 !.1rm, and :~.dl I' pill up l!t u11•: or in t\\O or m ore

lot ~ , thq li.dl l1!.: disp.lst J ol llll(},,· tlw lollowing condi tions r-

###### due c.

1 or llla} 'I he purchast·r 111 1 [nntl1,1•1·r~ ][shall ] [aecci\'t', dau ][ing ] [the ] [u][ n-]

Re~ula­ c>xpircd Jntll•>f the tell II ,,f t!u lea ,, o. tlw far a ncr, wJiatever such

prop11etor sh.dl ha\t· hen r•tttidt", to tet.c:vc: in vittuc, of his or

         - son or

###### her propr irt~H) t i\!hts, •m .tecount of the l.m I so puachased, a ud
 s or het

1·· 1 una such pun:lrnsn· or purci~ot ct s st.,tll C'llf:! , • 10 p , , . ar the expira-

###### c onh .t tion o l the lr: 1 ·of •< :1 11 1 1 It a~, s-mcn t •m ~ccount of the

'Ja11d~ US (oil\( llllll\'lltllla)i dt CIJI ( l)llit.tbJt·.

###### of tlu:
lor met fhc SUlll t•l It· 1 ccct\'l'd b tl,.. purdaa~f'r or purchasers

nds that durin!{ tht.: um·xputd 1 .ot "I tlw r rm o! tl.t" lnse ol the far mer,

n ~~~ tcr a- and the j.un.t t•1 he p.tid l>v sud• purclt •sea 111 purchasers after the

cx pu.ttiuu u! 11 ll ~~, ~ , ,! I                    - •<il•etl at the ti!ll«' of the sale,

tds, tl11· and such purrh •St·r '1 pwcha·• :s, .tnd hi-,             - r !tea or their· hei rs

I 011 lJt·- a11d law lui ~tH r··~sors, sh.dl Lt· allow• d lo hold tl 1e lands a l the

U5S<: meut .u \', hil t. \ m.t~ he.· 0 Tl II !'h lSI' I, r;,r C\'fl

IJCl.UlllC
###### ;t upon Srcou/- lt" /,uuitt lu ind• pt 11•'11 t.tlukd.tr or oahcr actual
 he ~.unc propr ietor Pl' l.twl, '' iw>c I 11ah .u•· vr at•a: h\ lrclrl klaas or let in
d lliJOll farm, sl ..1Jl tr~n lcr b} 1 ai te '• I , gilt u. oth11 '' i~e. tltt: whole or

c of it~ a poa ti 'HI ol I. s ••r Itt·: I •ll I i 1 nth' n• iu l\\ o 0 1 more lots, the

per~on (•I JH'I~dlh to wl 1 1 l·lt. l .. n I lilt, Lc '" trnnsfi·an:d shall be

(ll' IJI,tV caautlnlt 1                   - <AIH' f~tltt (, >\''frllltL'Ill ,ll t'te lands _:u<' held_ khas) ,

###### or from tlu l.~rm 1 il th I n ], .ll<' '"' !II f.nrn), rlw ma li kana to

Regula-

wluch the f<H'I1H 1 1 1 llll'IOJ \\,1 _t_ 11itlr cl 1•11 .11 l'•lUul uf tht• land

adop t ,

~o 1 r.t nsfi·tted

,dl hold

l'l"l <Ill' 1 1 \\Ito 11 uch

as esscd

rcspeLl-

###### tind.lrs, J \\ hO't!

event of

by auy

###### !tty all(i

 miml.u,
 \'ho may

osed to
l whose

exposed

                - 1itanc.;c

lj .tllla en
11 .. l 1 \'


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