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RESTRICTIONS ON THE ALIENATION OF LANDS, 



(usually with the consent of the parties) involving transfers of land 

 in contravention of the provisions of the Act. This is a very 

 insidious form of evasion, because the civil appellate court is seldom 

 moved to interfere, and there is no other means of putting the matter 

 right. Either such cases may escape the notice of the Deputy Com- 

 missioner, or if they do come to his notice, he finds himself helpless 

 to intervene. It is now proposed to provide means by which (1) the 

 Deputy Commissioner shall be kept informed by the civil courts of all 

 decrees which they pass involving transfers of land from members of 

 agricultural tribes to money-lenders, and (2) he shall be in a position, 

 apart from the wishes of either party, to move the superior civil courts 

 to interfere. Clause 9 of the Bill has been framed with this object. 

 It follows the analogy of section 27 of the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 

 and provides a procedure by which the Deputy Commissioner will be 

 able to bring before the superior civil courts, with a view to revision, 

 any decree of a civil court which appears to him to be contrary to the 

 provisions of the Act. 



