Insertion of new sections

At the end of Chapter IX of the said Act the following sections shall be inserted, namely:— “95A. (1) All the provisions of Chapters III, IV, V and VI of this Act relating to enhancement of rent are hereby suspended for a period of ten years from the date of the commencement of the Goalpara Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1943. (2) Any provision for enhancement of rent contained in any contract entered into between a landlord and a tenant during the period of ten years referred to in sub-section (1) is hereby declared to be inoperative during the said period. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law, the period during which a decree, order or contract is rendered inoperative under this section shall not be taken into account in computing any period under the law of limitation nor in construing the terms of a contract. 95B. (1) The Provincial Government shall, on being satisfied that the exercise of the powers hereinafter mentioned is necessary in the interests of public order or of the local welfare, invest a Revenue Officer with the following powers or either of them, namely:— (a) power to settle rents ; (b) power when settling rents to reduce rents if, in the opinion of the officer, the maintenance of existing rents would on any ground, whether specified in this Act or not, be unfair or inequitable. (2) The powers given under this section shall be made exercisable within a specified area either generally or with reference to specified classes of cases. (3) The Revenue Officer shall in the exercise of his power proceed in the prescribed manner. (4) The order of the Revenue Officer shall be appealable before the Revenue Tribunal or such other authority as may be prescribed by the Provincial Government.”