Keyword(s):
Recovery of Arrears of Revenue, Land Holder, Public Revenue, Quit Rent,
Ground Rent, Cesses
An Act to consolidate the Laws for the
Recovery of Arrears of Ravonue in thc ‘[State
,of Tamil Nadu].
WIIEIG~~:AB it is ailvitl;rl)lotllal (die law8 rolating tothe
collection of tho public revenue should be consolidated
and simplified ; It is hereby enactea as follows :-
ohe. be take11 to comprise the following permns:-
Landholder. All persons holding under a Sanad-i-Milkiyat-i-is-
timrar,all other Zamindars, Rhrotriyamdars, ,Jagirdars,
Inamdays, and all persons farming the Land Revenue
under 5[ the State Government]. All holders of land
under Ryotwar settlements, or in any way subject tothe
of revenue direct toti [the State Government].
1These words were substituted for the word “Marlras” by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969. as amended by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendnicnt) Order,
- which came into force on tlho14th January 1969.
2 Short title,”TheMadr~Revenue Recovery Act,lSG4″ waa given
by the Repdingand Amending net, 1901 (Central Act XI of 1901).
This A<:t was oxtended tathe merged Stak of Pudukkottai by
section 3 of, and tho Firat Schedule to, tho Tamil Nedu Morged
Strtt,cs (1;n.w~)Act, 1949 (Tamil Nadu Aot XXXV of 1949).
This Act wns oxtondotl to the Knnyakumari district and the
Shencottah t,aluk of the Tirunolveli district by staction 3 of,
and the First Schedule to, the Tamil Nndu (Transferred Territory)
Extension of Laws Act, 1960 (Tamil Nadu Act 23 of 1060), which
came into force on the 1st April 1961, repealing the corresponding
law in that territory.
This Act was extended to, and is in force in, the areas to which
the Madras City Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 1867 (Madras
Act’VI of 1867) was applicable immediately before the date of the
commencement of the Maclras City Land-Revenue and Revenue
Recovery (Amondment) Act, 1967 (Tamil Nadu Aot 10 of 1967) by
section 3 of the latter Act.
This &t was extended to the added territories by section 6 (I),
*id repealing the corresponding law in those territorios,
3 Tho Act was temporarily amondcd by the Madras Revenue
Recovery(‘iemporaryAmendm~~~t)Aat,l922 (Madraa Act IVof 1922)
4 This expression was substituted for the expmion ~CMsdrw
Presidency” hy the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970,
which was deemed to have come into form on the 14th Jsnusrv
1969.
5 The words “the Provincial Govenunent” were substituted for
tho word “Government” by the Adaptation Order of 1937epdtb
word “State” wae substituted for “Provinpid “by the A&p%tion
Chder of 1960.ISM : T.N.Act 11) Revenue Recovery
‘[Public revenuo due on lanc! ~hnll,for tl~cpw!~oseerof Pubfio ravr.” Is.
this Act, be taken to include-
[(a)aswssment, quit-rent, ground-rent or other
charge upon tho land pclyul)lc to the Stsle (‘aovcrn-
mont;]
2[(ua)] cesscs or othcr ilucs ~,;~.yi~l)lo to tlls Stute
aovcrnmcnt on sccotu~tol’ wuLw sr Ippl~o(l liw irrigu-
tion; and
(b) pattom due oh I<andulzrishilands in the Kanya-
kumari district.]
- The land, the buildingfi upon it, and it~productsSecurity for
shall be regarded as the security of tho public revenue. revenue. - Every landholder shall pay to ‘Lhu Collector, or Landholder
other officer empowered by him to receive it, the“,”,~,”~;y revenue due upon his 1;snd on or before theday on which kist. it falls due, accordingto the Bist,bandi or other engage- ment, and where no partliclllirclay is fixecl, then
within the time when the pavment falls due according
to local usage: Providcd bhat, except where property
is held under a Sanad-i Milkiyat-i-i-timrar or other
similar instrument, it shall be Ia~~,ful f~rth~Board Board of
of Revenue, by not,ifir.~tionpuhlishcd in the Ui~trictRevenue alter amounts may
Gazette, to alterand fix, from time to time, the amount ,a damof
of the several kists or instalments, and the dates at payment.
whioh they shall respective1 bccorne payable
u - When the whole or portion of a kist shall not be &rear of
so paid, the amount of the kist or of its unpaid portion revenue.
shall be deemed to be an arrear of revenue.
1This paragraph was substituted for tho p~vagragh “Public
revenue due on land shall, for tho purposes of this Act, be taken
to inolude cesses or other dues payablo to tho Stato Government on
ancount of water supplied for irrigation” by section 4 of, and the
hcond Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory)
Exteqsion of Laws Act,1960 (TamilNadu Act 23 of 1900).
2’The original clause (a) was rolottorotl as clause (aa) and this
clause was inserted by section 4 of the Rladras City Lancl-Revenue
-and Revenue Reoovery (An:enbent) Act, 1867 (TamilNadu Aot 16
of 1967).
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