Assam · 1973 · Act 1
The Bengal Regulation 1 of 1973
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llENUAL REGULATI ON L OF 1793 ll J
l i st May 1793J
A Regula tion lor enacting inlo a R egulation cer
tain Articles of a Proclamation bearing date the
22nd March , L793.
1. The following articles of the p1 ucla matiQn relative to the: puamble.
limitation of the public dem•.m<l upon tile land~, addressed by
the Governor-General in Council to lllf' zami udatS, i ndependent
talukdars and other actual prop1 iclOrs ol land paying revenue to
Government, in the Provinces of Benga l, Bihar and Orissa, are
hereby enacted into a R l'gulation, which is to have force and
effect from the 2:!nd ~ran·h , 1793, tht d<liC of tlu .. proclamation.
2. Art. I.- I n the original Rt·gulatious l!Jl the decennial Decennial
settlement of the pubhc revemw~ on llcng,tl I lJihnr and Orissa] settlement
Passed for tho~c l'rovim.c:. rCSJ)Ct.' i\ th of the lUth September de~ I~ red con-
, ·' ' d tt nally 1789, the 25th NoV<'mhcr, 17U9 and the lflth F<•bn1a r , 1790, ~ ~oent
it was notified to the proprietors of •I an l , with or on behalf of b/original
whom a settlemen t m1~ht be concludt>d, that t he jama as-.e.~sed 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 other 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 ASSAM.-Stl footnote (1) to th-: A,~aw Lan<J. aQd Revenue Rc~u·
la.tion, 1886 (1 ef U86', f1•'. ·
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Jarra assessed 1. A1 t. ll L -TIH: Gove1 nor-General in Council accordingly
upon .land~ of declares to the zamindars, indepcndellt tatukclars and othrr
pr.othpr1ehtors actual!1rop:ietors of lauu with or on lx:half of whom a settlemen t
WI W 0111 • .
,ettlcmrnt has IJCCH cuHtlu<.lcd undc1 the Regulatamb above mentioned, 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 a nd lawful succc~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, having !Jr.en held
by proprietors khas, or let in !'arm, in eonscquclll:e of their r efusing to pay the
whose land5 assessment rC(jUia ed ol them uHdcr tltc Rcgulatiuns a bove-men-
are held khas · d I G , , 1 · (' ·1 · f" 1 or let in farm llOIIe , tIC O\'el'nOt •vC'IlCf <l Ill •OUllCl now !lOLl ICS tO t IC
fixed forcvu.' zamindars, indcpenclcatL talukdars and other actual proprietor
of land \\hose lands an, held khas that thcv shall be restored 10
the managemcat of their lands, upon thci t' 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
tha t 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.t ies to the za miwiJrs, 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 ·
ta l 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 required 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 individ uals, such individuals and their heirs and law
r~ ~~ai~Jsd~~i- ful successors, shall be permittt"Ai to hold the lands 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 propn 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 the 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' h d d 1 1 I' 1 · 1 fi 1s c usage an custom, t 1e ru ers o t tcsc p rovmccs tave rom
time to time demanded an mereas:-: of assessment frcm the pro
prietors olland ; a nd that, for the purpose of obtaining 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 them of the management oft tcir land s, and
eithc::r to let them in farm , or to appoinl officers on the part or
Covernment to collect the :mcssment immediately from the
raiyat~ .
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The Hononraule Court of DirectOr>, consitiering these usages ;\lotives ?f
and measures tv be detrimental to the prosperity of the country, Court of
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1ave, Wit 1 a vtcw to promote t ~ utur..: case an appmc;s o t c abl•lishing
pcopk, autl10ri/.ed 1l1G foregoing declarations ; and the za:ni n· us:lgc and
dars, independent talukdars and other actual proprietors of land, fixing
with or ou behalf of whom <1 settlement has uecn or may be assetsrnent.
concluded, a re 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
augmentation of the pub;ic ri>~<·ssmcnt in consequence of the
improvement of their respective estates .
To discharge the revenues at the stip1\latcd periods without \)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·
d
· 11 · · d" 1 1 · d f' h · f tors towar 1 ut1es at a tunes 111 tspensa > y rcqutre rom t e propnctors o depende ,
land, aud a str ict oh<('n,mcc ol those duties is now more than ever t alukda~
incumbent 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
d } d
. l 1· 1 1 · f I · or suspen· an tc accor 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 settlement
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 ~cgu)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
h l'rRII \r>;t.:'il !'tJ, J I U~ll.~·l [1 79a: Ben . R eg. 1
may thiuk tH.ce.,~.~~~ l0r tl 1e prote~;tion a1u.l welfare of the depen
dr;H talukdat ~, rdi),llS ana olhl'r culti\'atms of the :.oi l; and no
;.amindar, ind ependent tal~t kdM or olltet d e tual proprie tor of land
shall be entitlcu ort 1 his arcoun r to m.tke any objectio n to the
discharge of the ft ,ccl asst -sm cttl which they have respec tively
agteed to pa v.
Right otl;0 • Saund.- ll1c C o\ cm vr-Gcnt·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 th is aboli tion;
and he unw decJ. rc· th 11, il he ~hould bn~;:ftrr th iuk it proper to
re-rs!ablish ttw s.1ir co~ll <.tio s or any otllt;r in tct llal duties , an 1
to at• point olliret > 011 t lw p.u·L ol (,<)\ ernmcnt to collect 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 ass~ssmc nt on
th.u account.
ant! 1" Jam..t Tlmd.-' I he l . r,·. ct not-l;cu•. r«l in Cuuucil will irnpo~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 unuer tllt:ga.l or in\'a lid 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 other ac tu.tl pwpttetul ~ c,l I.wd, ,., h1<.h IS dcdareJ fixed m
.allowan~s the foregoing artide~. JS h> b.· constdcn:ct en ti rely unconncctcJ
I ll propne• with. <lOU cxcfu:.ivc ol', all\' ;dh\\<ti\CCS which 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 appropriate i:)l rhc sam(' p ur
pose, a11tl the (,c)\ l'l thH-Gcneral in C•)•lllr il 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 o lhCl 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•! t c.,umed will be
appropriated to no other 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 p roprie 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.ablef~~ 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~;rued or may accrue
on the fixed jama that has bt'cn or may be assessed upon their
lands under the aho,·c-mentioncd Regulations for the d ecennia l
settlement: provided that ~uch a rrears have accrued or may accrue
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[I) Jlut sa thf' Courl \lf\\'ards A, t. lrti1J (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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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 manner 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 other disabil ities,
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, for 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~
ment, the Governor-General in Council notifies to the zami ndars, out 0anctlon
independent talukdars and other actual proprietors of land that ~eotovern-
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 thei r re5pective estates, without ap,Myi ng
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 tha t
they may he-reafter ent\ct.
[11 ] 10. An. IX. -l'rom the limitation ol' the pulic d emand 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
landed propertr, for the assessment on whiclt a distinct engage- .Ja~ions 0~}
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 th is section ia extended by the Dcngal Inheritance
Regulation, 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.
J' I ll I \--; l I <; r 'I I I [ II 'I f 1711:: n(·JI . Reg. 1.
amount uf the hxn J jalll.t as~:-sseu upon i l (which agrce;~blc to the
foregoing dc·claratious, is to 1 f'main unalterable forever, to whom.
soever the property mnv br. transferred), witlr tlw whole u f its pro
due<-, allowing fot tlrr charge-e ofmanagt>nH'nt.
Hut it is also C;,~1:llti:1l that a nmificati,rn sho11ld br• m.,cle o f
the principlC's u non whi ·h the fi"ed assessment 1 l•argcJ upon any
SllC': 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'
~al e, or oth<"rwisr·, in two nr mon· I ''.Ill of ;1 portion of it be ing
transferred in OllC', n· in lw • or 111 •r · l n t~, c,r of its bf'ing joint
property, 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~ accordm~ly pres·
crilwcl t!r· f>1lo"'IH ' 1 ,1,. he tppnrt' )'lin t't,.. !!·,,·d a~~e::.<tnents 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 11l ·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 ·,~,in a ny of the cases
above sperifir.d, to l• · l fr l' > th • l! '>··ietor · , h·· -.·qn ircs that all
such tt.msf ·r~ or divisi 111, • ~ Ill, l>.: 111 t I· by 1 11 :)rival•~ nrr of
the pat til:~ du!lllSt Jvr~ lJ•' ll<"lt' j,.cl 1 > £11" 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 ~ppor tioned
on thr Sf'.veral •hnlt"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~nd 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 il~ 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 a s
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 further
t,> notify, in cluriclation of tht• dcd:nnt.Pn~ c•ntailietl 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 upon
the records of Go\ rr nmcn t, nor will the It amfrr exempt 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" ... , ,,.,, lana :llu! Rt">f' IIU• R '\ u(.\ tion, 1886
( [ • f Jil~c.) , Chapter V Ir. /•••H.
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6
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
hereafter enact, and the purchaser or purchasers of such lands,
and his or her or their heirs or successors, will be allowed to hold
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
account of the portion of it that may be left in his or her pos•
sessiou, will coutiuue unalterable forever,
.... . •-'
10 l 'EIOIA!'-11 ;>,T •'li::J"l J.l \IU\ I I I 7')3 : .Ucu. Reg. I.
Third.- \\'hen a ~:aminuar, mnepcuden t taluktlar or o ther
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 disti~;nl porti•Hts to two c)l wore persun s
or a portion thereof to onr perw11, or to two or more persons in
joint property, by pnvatc s:tle, l!ift ot other wiv· , 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 asse~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 tual produce.
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·aitrr adopt , atl'l the person 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 a t 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 remainder of the:
publi~ jama which wrtl ronsc'l'H'Iltly h,. p.1yabl ~ hy the Jormer
propnetor ol the whole <'Slate [I I Oil aCC'()UI1t or the lands that
may remain iu his 01 her pos.;ession sh.tll be ccJ lttinu d u naltera
ble forever.
Fourth.- \\ hencver a di\ision s!J,.IIl>c made of lands, tit<~
settlement 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\ t ltc 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 o f rts
actual produce. ·
This produce sha ll !J, ascertained iu tire moue th<1L i~ or may
be pre:,crrbed l>v the e-.;i-tlllg K(;gtJlutions or such •·tha R egula
tions as the Governor-venera! itt Council rna~ hnealh:r adopt ,
and the l>harers. and then iu:ir~ .tttd l,n, lui ~u c1.e~sors, ~ltall hold
their respective shatcs at tl1e jattta which may he s ) as§esscd
upon them, 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 ot lt :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
their 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 zamindar,
independent talukdar or other a~Lual proprietor of land who may
not have agreed to the paynwnt ot the asses. me nl 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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f.\ c c N 0. 1 L't I i 1793: llt-n . Rt>g, 1.) l1
to puhlic q\e, 111 one r a ITl t\\'o 111 Ill OJ c I<Jh (pursuant to the
decree of a f.r llrt of.Jthticc , SUI h land,, jf khas, shall he disposed
of at whate\t 1 .1 cssn• l t c I :m«·auvr l, nerJI in Council may
deem l"(jllit.tLlt-., nrl tl1t' pu11 hnsc:-~. or purc:h.t t•r s of, such lands
a nd his or Jwr 01 thcit lteir~ ;111d la,l'rul ~Hrl·c~ ;ors, shall hold the
land~ .1! tllr· .t ~>c.:s~mt•nt a• "l.i« h t ht>v 111a\ be ~o purchased
lot· <'VCJ.
H tlw Llatd<. at tlw tim· of tl•r·ir lwin!.{ exposed t o sale , shall
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-
' I he purchast·r 111 1 nntl1,1•1·r~ shall aecci\'t', dau ing the u n
c>xpircd Jntll•>f the tell II ,,f t!u lea ,, o. tlw far a ncr, wJiatever suc h
prop11etor sh.dl ha\t· hen r•tttidt", to tet.c:vc: in vittuc, of his or
her propr irt~H) t i\!hts, •m .tecount of the l.m I so puachased, a ud
such pun:lrnsn· or purci~ot ct s st.,tll C'llf:! , • 10 p , , . ar the expira
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·.
fhc SUlll t•l It· 1 ccct\'l'd b tl,.. purdaa~f'r or purchasers
durin!{ tht.: um·xputd 1 .ot "I tlw r rm o! tl.t" lnse ol the far mer,
and the j.un.t t•1 he p.tid l>v sud• purclt •sea 111 purchasers after the
c x pu.ttiuu u! 11 ll ~~, ~ , ,! I •p•<il•etl at the ti!ll«' of the sale,
and such purrh •St·r '1 pwcha·• :s, .tnd hi-, • r !tea or their· hei rs
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
Srcou/-lt" /,uuitt lu ind• pt 11•'11 t.tlukd.tr or oahcr actual
propr ietor Pl' l.twl, '' iw>c I 11ah .u•· vr at•a: h\ lrclrl klaas o r le t in
farm, sl ..1Jl tr~n lcr b} 1 ai te '• I , gilt u. oth11 '' i~e. tltt: whole or
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
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
wluch the f<H'I1H 1 1 1 llll'IOJ \\,1 t 11itlr cl 1•11 .11 l'•lUul uf tht• land
~o 1 r.t nsfi·tted
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