Time for payment of rent

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Santal Paraganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (Reg.III of 1872) or the village record- of-rights prepared there under, a money rent payable by a tenant shall be paid in four equal instalments failing due on the last day of each quarter of the agricultural year. (2) Every tenant or the mortgagee of his holding or tenure shall pay each instalment of rent before sunset of the day on which it falls due. (3) Any instalment or part of an instalment of rent not duly paid at or before the time when if falls due shall be deemed to be an arrear: Provided that where rent is payable to the State Government, any instalment or part of an instalment not duly paid at or before the time when it falls due shall be deemed to be an arrear only at the end of the agricultural year.