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THE FORFEITED DEPOSITS ACT, 1850


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


SECTIONS

  1. Repeals.
  2. Application of forfeited deposits.

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

Regulation 8, 1819 .

WHEREAS patnidars fraudulently avail themselves of the provision in section 9, Regulation 8, 1819, of the Bengal Code that forfeited deposits at sales of land for arrears of rent shall be applied as if they were purchase-money.

  1. [Repealed]
  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.