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"act_title": "THE1[***] REVENUE COMMISSIONERS REGULATION, 1829",
"act_no": "I",
"act_year": "1829",
"publication_date": "19/07/2025",
"sections": [
{
"section_content": "2.A Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit shall be appointed for each of the under-mentioned divisions :Provided, however, that it shall be competent to the4[Government] by an order, to transfer any district or districts from one division to another, and to increase or reduce the number of Commissioners, if such a measure shall appear to be necessary or expedient; due notice of any such arrangement being given by public proclamation.10th Division, to contain the districts under the Magistrates, Collectors, Joint- Magistrates and Sub-Collectors ofìSaran,Shahabadíîand Trihut.11thdittodittoofìPatna,Bihar andíîRamgarah.12thdittodittoofìïBhagalpuríMonghyr,Maldaïîand Purnea.13th Division, to contain the districts ujnder the Magistrates, Collectors, Joint-Magistrates and Sub-Collectors ofìDinajpuríRangpurîRajshahi and Bogra.14th ditto ditto ofìMurshidabadíîBirbhum and Nadia.15th ditto ditto ofìïDacca,JalalpuríTippera andïîMymensingh.16th ditto ditto ofìChittagong andíîNoakhali.18th ditto ditto ofìBakarganj,JesoreíSuberbs of Calcuttaî24-Paraganas and Barasat.19th ditto ditto ofìCuttack,KhurdaíBalasore,Midnaporeîand Nagawan including Hijli.20th ditto ditto ofìBurdwan,JungleíîMahals and Hooghly."
},
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"section_content": "3. [Commissioners invested with powers of Judges of Circuit and Courts of Circuit collectively; period of holding sessions, etc.]Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1874 (XVI of 1874)]."
},
{
"section_content": "4.Section 4 was omitted by the Bangladesh Laws (Repealing and Amending) Order, 1973 (President's Order No. 12 of 1973), Article 3, Schedule."
},
{
"section_content": "5.[Repeal of inconsistent provisions.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1874 (XVI of 1874).]"
},
{
"section_content": "6.[Repeal of inconsistent provisions.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1903 (I of 1903).]"
},
{
"section_content": "7.[Offices of Superintendents of Police abolished; Commissoners to perform duties of Superintendents; tender of pardon to accomplices; Powers of Commissioners of Cuttack and Midnapore.] Rep. by the Amending Act, 1903 (I of 1903)."
},
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"section_content": "8.[Offices of Superintendents of Police abolished; Commissoners to perform duties of Superintendents; tender of pardon to accomplices; Powers of Commissioners of Cuttack and Midnapore.] Rep. by the Amending Act, 1903 (I of 1903)."
},
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"section_content": "9.    First.- [Powers of Commissioners of Arakan and Assam.] Rep. by the Amending Act, 1903 (I of 1903).Second.- [Conferment of powers on the Commissioner for the districts of the Northern Doab, etc.] Rep. (except in certain Scheduled areas) by the North-Western Provinces Land- Revenue Act, 1873 (XIX of 1873). (Conferment of powers on the Resident at Delhi.) Rep. in part by Ben. Reg. VI of 1831; residue Rep. by Ben. Reg. X of 1831."
},
{
"section_content": "10. [Abolition of office of Mufassal Special Commissioner; modification of practice under Regs. I of 1821 and I of 1823.] Rep. by the Amending Act, 1903)."
}
],
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"footnote_text": "1The word \"Bengal\" was omitted by Article 6 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)."
},
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"footnote_text": "2The commas and words \", and for controlling and directing the executive Revenue officers, who in several cases are also magistrates,\" were omitted by Article 3, Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Repealing and Amending) Order, 1973 (President's Order No. 12 of 1973)."
},
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"footnote_text": "3The fifth paragraph was omitted by Article 3, Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Repealing and Amending) Order, 1973 (President's Order No. 12 of 1973)."
},
{
"footnote_text": "4The word \"Government\" was substituted for the words \"Provincial Government\" by Article 8 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President's Order No. 48 of 1972)."
}
],
"copyright_info": {
"copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs DivisionMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs"
},
"source_url": "http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-print-1320.html",
"fetch_timestamp": "2025-07-19 02:04:27",
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"head_govt_name": "Lord William Bentinck",
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"how_got_power": "Company appointment",
"period_years": "1828-1835",
"years_in_power": 7
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