#THE CENTRAL PROVINCES FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER’S ACT, 1908 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS. 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Appointment of Financial Commissioner. 
3. Assignment of powers to Financial Commissioner. 
4. Substitution of new sections for sections 5 and 6, Act XVIII, 1881. 
  Revenue-officers. 
  Subordination of officers. 
5. Amendment of sections 17 and 25 Act XVIII, 1881. 
6. Amendment of sections 22 and 23 Act XVIII, 1881. 
 
 
 
#THE CENTRAL PROVINCES FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER’S ACT, 1908 
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##ACT NO 13 OF 1908 
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###PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. 

*(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 30th October*, 1908.)
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An Act to provide for the appointment of a Financial Commissioner for the Central Provinces and further 
to amend the Central Provinces Land-revenue Act, 1881. 

     WHEREAS it is expedient to appoint a Financial Commissioner for the Central Provinces and further to 
amend the Central Provinces Land-revenue Act, 1881 (XVIII of 1881); It is hereby enacted as follows: — 

     1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Central  Provinces  Financial 
Commissioner’s Act, 1908; and 

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Chief Commissioner, with the previous sanction of the 
Governor General in Council, may, by notification in the local official Gazette, direct. 

  2. **Appointment of Financial Commissioner.**—(1) There shall be a Financial Commissioner  for the 
Central Provinces. 

(2) The  Chief  Commissioner,  with  the  previous  sanction  of  the  Governor  General  in  Council,  shall 
appoint, and may suspend or remove, the Financial Commissioner. 

  3. **Assignment of powers to Financial Commissioner.**— The Chief  Commissioner, with the previous 
sanction of the Governor General in Council, may, by notification in the local official Gazette, assign to the 
Financial Commissioner, subject to such conditions and restrictions, if any, as the Chief Commissioner with 
the  like sanction may prescribe,  all or  any powers or functions assigned to the  Local Government or to 
the Chief Commissioner or  to the Chief Revenue-authority or the Chief Controlling Revenue-authority by 
any enactment for the time being in force. 

  4. **Substitution of new sections for sections 5 and 6, Act XVIII, 1881.**—For section 5 and 6 of the 
Central Provinces Land-revenue Act, 1881 the following shall be substituted, namely:— 

  “**5. Revenue-officers.**—There shall be the following classes of Revenue-officers, namely:— 

       the Chief Commissioner, 
       the Financial Commissioner, 
       Commissioners, 
       Deputy Commissioners, 
       Assistant Commissioners, 
       Tahsildars, 
       Naib-tahsildars.” 

“6. **Subordination of officers.**—(1) The Chief Commissioner shall, in all revenue matters, be subject 
to the control of the Governor General in Council. 

(2) The Financial Commissioner shall be subject to the control of the Chief Commissioner. 

(3) All  other  Revenue-officers  shall  be  subordinate  to  the  Chief  Commissioner  and  the  Financial 
Commissioner; all Revenue-officers in a division shall be subordinate to the Commissioner of the division; 
and all Revenue-officers in a district shall be subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of the district. 

(4) An officer in charge of a village-survey in a district which is not under settlement may be invested 
by the Chief Commissioner with the powers of a Revenue-officer of any class, and, when so invested, shall 
be subordinate to such officer or officers as the Chief Commissioner may direct.” 

  5. **Amendment of sections 17 and 25 Act XVIII, 1881.**—In sections 17 and 25 of the said Act, after 
the words “Chief Commissioner”, wherever they occur, the words “or the Financial Commissioner” shall 
be added. 

  6. **Amendment of sections 22 and 23 Act XVIII, 1881.**—In sections 22, clause (c), and 23, clause (c), 
of the said Act, for the words “Chief Commissioner” the words “Financial Commissioner” shall be 
substituted.