Management of Bettiah Raj Properties

Management & Disposal of Bettiah Raj Properties

Management of Bettiah Raj Properties.-

1. (1) The State Government shall take such steps as are essential for management and preservation of the Bettiah Raj Properties vested in it.
2. (2) The State Government may devise such rules and procedures as are required for proper management and preservation of the Bettiah Raj properties.
3. (3) The State Government may, give all or any of its powers to the Collector in the interest of better management of the Bettiah Raj properties and for such period as it deems fit.
4. (4) Any money payable by the lessees of Bettiah Raj or any other person to the Court or the Collector before the commencement of this Act shall be paid to the Collector regardless of the expiry of any Act/Rules under which such monies were payable.
5. (5) All income, before and after the commencement of this Act, from the Bettiah Raj properties is recoverable as public demands under the Public Demands Recoveries Act, 1914 (Act 4 of 1914).
6. (6) The Collector shall deposit all the income received from the Bettiah Raj properties into such account as directed by the State Government. However, the State Government may, by a special order, allow him to retain a specific percentage of the Income received and be kept in a Corpus Fund for management and preservation of the Bettiah Raj properties/structures, particularly those having historical or archeological importance.