Government Tenants (North-West Frontier) Act, 1893

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THE GOVERNMENT TENANTS (NORTH-WEST FRONTIER) 
ACT, 1893 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and extent 
2.  Definition 
3.  Application of Act 
4.  Issue of statements of conditions of tenancies 
5.  Maintenance of registers of tenancies 
6.  Entry in register and signature thereof on grant of tenancy 
7.  Effect of signature of entry.  
8.  Transfer of rights of tenants 
9.  Sums due in respect to tenancy recoverable as arrears of land revenue 

 
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THE GOVERNMENT TENANTS (NORTH-WEST FRONTIER) ACT, 1893 
lACT No. III OF 1893 
[3rd February, 1893] 
An Act to provide for the grant of Special Tenancies in 2* Government lands in the 3[North-West 
Frontier 4*]. 
 WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the grant by the Government of special tenancies in 
2* lands in the 3[North-West Frontier 4* ] which are the property of the Government 5* * *; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows: 
 1. Short title and extent. 6[__(1) This Act may be called the Government Tenants (North- 
West Frontier 4*) Act, 1893. 
 (2) It extends to 7* * * the North-West Frontier 4*.] 
 2. Definition. In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, 
“Deputy Commissioner” includes also any officer appointed by the 8[Provincial Government] to 
perform all or any of the functions of the Deputy Commissioner under this Act. 
 3. Application of Act. The 8[ Provincial Government] may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, apply the provisions of this Act to any tract of land which is the property of the 
9[Government] 10* * *. 
 4. Issue of statements of conditions of tenancies. When this Act has been so applied to any 
tract, the 8[Provincial Government] may issue a statement or statements of the conditions on which it 
is willing to grant to tenants lands situate in such tract. 
 5. Maintenance of registers of t enancies.___(1) When any such statement has been issued 
for any tract, the Deputy Commissioner shall, in manner hereinafter provided, open and maintain for 
such tract a register or registers of tenancies granted on the conditions prescribed in such statement. 
 (2) Every such register shall have prefixed thereto a copy of the statement of conditions to 
which it relates, and shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as to the tenancies 
registered therein as the 1l[Provincial Government] may prescribe. 
 
 
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India, 1893, Pt. V, p. 14; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., Pt. VI, pp. 12 and 35. 
2The word “certain” rep. by Act 14 of 1896, s. 1(1). 
3Subs. by the Second Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (17 of 1914), s. 2 and Sch. I, for “Punjab”. 
4The word “Province” omitted by the Central Laws (Statute Refrom) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., (with effect from the 14th 
October, 1955), 
5The words “and are wholly or partly irrigable from Government canals” rep. by Act 14 of 1896, s, 1 (2). 
6Subs. by Act 17 of 1914, s. 2 and Sch. I, for the original section 1. 
7The words “the territories for the time being administered by the Chief Commissioner of” rep. by A.O., 1937, 
8Subs. ibid., for “L. G.”. 
9Subs. by A. O., 1961, Art. 2 (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956), for “Crown” which had been subs. by A. O., 1937, for “Govt.”. 
10The words “and is wholly or partly irrigable from a canal the property of the Government” rep. by Act 14 of 1896, s. 1(3). 
11Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L. G.”. 
 
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 6. Entry in register and signature thereof on grant of tenancy. Before a tenancy is granted 
to any person in any such tract, the prescribed particulars regarding the proposed grant shall be duly 
entered in the a ppropriate register, and the entry shall be signed by the proposed tenant and by the 
Deputy Commissioner. 
 7. Effect of signature of entry. When any entry in any such register has been so signed as 
directed in the last foreging section, the person signing the same as proposed tenant and his 
successors in interest shall, notwithstanding any previous agreement or anything contained in the 
Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, (XVI of 1887) or the Hazara Tenancy Regulation, 1887 (Reg. XIII of 
1887), or any other enactment now in force, be deemed to have accepted and to hold the lands 
described in such entry as a tenant from the 1[Government] on the conditions prescribed in the 
statement prefixed to such register. 
 8. Transfer of rights of tenants. The rights or interests vested in a tenant by or under this 
Act shall not be capable of being attached or sold in execution of a decree or order of any Court or in 
any insolvency proceedings, nor shall they or any of them, without the previous consent in writing of 
the Financial Commissioner, be transferred or charged by any sale, gift, mortgage or other private 
contract.  
 9. Sums due in respect to tenancy recoverable as arrears of land revenue. All sums due 
to the 1[Government] in respect of a tenancy granted in pursuance of this Act shall be recoverable as 
if they were arrears of land revenue due from the tenant in respect of such tenancy. 
 
 
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Date: 05-09-2024 
1Subs. by A.O. ,1961, Art. 2, (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956) , for “Crown”, which had been subs. by A.O., 1937, for “Govt.”.