1*[THE FORFEITED DEPOSITS ACT, 1850]

ACT NO. 25 OF 1850

[14th June, 1850.]

An Act for the forfeiture to Government of deposits made on incomplete sales of land under 2*Regulation 8, 1819. 3*

Preamble.--WHEREAS patnidars 4*fraudulently avail themselves of the 5*provision in section 9, Regulation 8, 1819, of the Bengal
Code 6*that forfeited deposits at sales of land 7*for arrears of rent shall be applied as if they were purchase-money. It is enacted as follows:--


1.[Repeals] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1870 (14 of 1870), s. 1 and Sch., Pt. II.


2.Application of forfeited deposits.


2. Application of forfeited deposits.--Any such forfeited deposit shall be applied to defray the expenses of the sale, and the surplus shall be forfeited to Government.
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1. Short title given by the Amending Act, 1897 (5 of 1897), s. 4 and
Sch. III>


The Act has been declared, by notification under the
Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), s. 3 to be in frce in the Districts of Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Palamau and Manbhum and
Pargana Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singhbhum in the Chota Nagpur Division, see Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p.
504.The Act has also been declared to be in force in the Sonthal
Parganas by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3.of 1872), s. 3 (1) and Sch.

2. The Bengal Patni Taluks Regulation, 1819.3. The words and figures "and Act 4, 1846" rep. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I.

4. The words "and judgment-debtors," rep. by s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I.
ibid.

5. The provision referred to rep. by s. 1 of the present Act.

6. The words and figures "and in section 5, Act 4, 1846," rep. by
Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I.

7. The words "in execution of decrees or" rep. by s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I, ibid.


1.Repeals.


1. [Repeals.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1870 (14 of 1870), s. 1.and Sch., Pt. II.

2.Application of forfeited deposits.


2. Application of forfeited deposits. Any such forfeited deposit shall be applied to defray the expenses of the sale, and the surplus shall be forfeited to Government.
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1 Short title given by the Amending Act, 1897 (5 of 1897), s. 4 and
Sch. III.

Since this Act supplements the Bengal Patni Taluks Regulation,
1819 (8 of 1819), it must be taken to have been passed, like that
Regulation, for the whole of the former Province of Bengal.

The Act has been declared, by notification under the Scheduled
Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), s. 3, to be in force in the
Districts of Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Palamau and Manbhum and Pargana
Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singbhum in the Chota
Nagpur Division, see Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p. 504.The Act has also been declared to be in force in the Sonthal
Parganas by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation (3 of 1872), s.
3 (1) and Sch.

2 The Bengal Patni Taluks Regulation, 1819.3 The words and figures "and Act 4, 1846" rep. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I.
4 The words "and judgment-debtors," rep. by s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I, ibid.
5 The provision referred to rep. by s. 1 of the present Act.
6 The words and figures "and in section 5, Act 4, 1846," rep. by
Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I.
7 The words "in execution of decrees or" rep. by s. 2 and Sch. I, Pt. I, ibid.