BENGAL TENANCY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1953

Act No. 02 of 1953

11th March, 1953

An Act to amend the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:--

S.1 Short Title and Commencement

• (1) This Act may be called the Bengal Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1953.
• (2) Sections 2 and 4 of this Act shall come into force immediately on the Bengal Tenancy (West Bengal Amendment) Ordinance, 1952 (West Ben. Ord. XIII of 1952), ceasing to operate; the rest of this Act shall come into force at once.

S.2 Amendment of Section 75A of Act VIII of 1885

In section 75A of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), for the words "period of five years" wherever they occur, the words "period of ten years" shall be substituted.

S.3 Amendment of Section 116

In section 116 of the said Act, for the words and figures acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (I of 1894),", the words, brackets and figures "acquired or deemed to have been acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or the Act, 1939 (XXXV of 1939), or India Rules made under the Defence of India Act, 1939 or the Requisitioned Land (Continuance of Powers) Act, 1947 (XVII of 1947), or the West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948 (West Ben. Act II of 1948), or the West Bengal Land Development and Planning Act, 1948 (West Ben. Act XXI of 1948), or the West Bengal Requisitioned Land (Continuance of Powers) Act 1951 (West Ben. Act VIII of 1951),or the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952 (XXX of 1952), or any other law for the time being in force providing for the compulsory acquisition of land" shall be

S.4 Bengal Act I Of 1899 To Apply Upon The Expiry Of West Bengal Ordinance XIII Of 1962

On the Bengal Tenancy (West Bengal Amendment) Ordinance 1952, ceasing to operate, section 8 of the Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899 (Ben. Act I of 1899), shall apply as if the said Ordinance were an enactment then repealed by a West Bengal Act.