Bombay Act No. IV. of 1886.

PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY ON THE 10TH NOVEMBER, 1886. An Act to amend the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879:

WHEREAS, for the purpose of assuring to holders of unalienated land the full advantage of all improvements in their holdings effected by them or at their cost, it is expedient to define more clearly the conditions affecting the revision of land-revenue assessments and, with this object, to amend the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879: It is enacted as follows:

1. For the latter portion of section one hundred and six of the said Code, beginning with and inclusive of the words "A revised assesssment" the following words

Amendment of section 106.

shall be substituted (namely):

"Provided that when a general classification of the soil of any area has been made a second time, or when any original classification of any area has been approved by the Governor in Council as final, no such classification shall be again made with a view to the revision of the assessment of such area."

Amendment of section 107.

substituted (namely):

2. For section one hundred and seven of the said Code the following section shall be

"107. In revising assessments of land-revenue regard shall be had to the value of land and, in the case of land used for the purposes of agriculture, to the profits of agriculture:

Conditions applicable to revi

sions of assessment.

"Provided that if any improvement has been effected in any land during the currency of any previous settlement made under this Act, or under Bombay Act I. of 1865, by cr at the cost of the holder thereof, the increase in the value of such land or in the profit of cultivating the same, due to the said improvement, shall not be taken into account in fixing the revised assessment thereof."

Bombay Act No. V. of 1886.

PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY ON THE 28TH JANUARY, 1887. An Act to amend Bombay Act III. of 1874.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874, in manner hereinafter appearing; It is enacted as follows:

Amendment of section 5.

1. For section 5 of the said Act the following section shall be substituted (namely) :—

Act V. is declared in force in the Akalkot State. G. G. 1887, p. 664.