State Act

The Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act,1908

[79A. Restriction on payment of certain kinds of rent by agreement. - (1) Nothing in any contract, express or implied between a landlord and a tenure-holder or a 'Raiyat made before or after the commencement of the Chota Nagpur Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1938 (Bihar Act 2 of 1938), shall entitle the landlord to rent on the estimated value of the whole or a portion of the crop or on the estimated produce of the whole or a portion of the tenure or holding of the tenure-holder or the 'Raiyat according to the system commonly known as 'Vanabandi'. (2) Where a tenure-holder or a 'Raiyat was, before the date on which Section 21 of the Chota Nagpur Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1938 (Bihar Act 2 of 1938) came into force, liable to pay for his tenure or holding rent on the estimated value of the whole or a portion of the crop or on the estimated produce of whole or a portion of the tenure or holding, he shall, from and after the said date be liable to pay to the landlord rent in kind by division of the produce of the tenure or holding.