THE FORFEITED DEPOSITS ACT, 1850 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Repeals.
2. Application of forfeited deposits.  
 
 
 
THE FORFEITED DEPOSITS ACT, 1850

ACT NO. 25 OF 1850 

[14th June, 1850.] 

An  Act  for  the  forfeiture  to  Government  of  deposits  made  on  incomplete  sales  of  land  under 

Regulation 8, 1819 .

WHEREAS patnidars fraudulently avail themselves of the provision in section 9,  Regulation 
8, 1819, of the Bengal Code that forfeited deposits at sales of land for arrears of rent shall be 
applied as if they were purchase-money.

1. [Repealed]
2. Application  of  forfeited  deposits.—Any  such  forfeited  deposit  shall  be  applied  to  defray  the 
expenses of the sale, and the surplus shall be forfeited to Government.