THE TAMIL NADU BOARD OF REVENUE ACT, 1894
Act No. I of 1894
[Received the assent of the Governor on the 24th November 1893, and of the Governor-General on the Uh January 1894; the Governor-General's assent was first published in the Fort St. George Gazette of the 23rd January 1894.]
An Act to provide further for the conduct of business by the Board of Revenue.
Whereas it is expedient to provide further for the conduct of business by the Board of Revenue; It is hereby enacted as follows:—
1. [Repeal] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1901 (Central Act XI of 1901).
2. Board may distribute business subject to approval of Government.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulation I of 1803 (The Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Regulation, 1803), in Regulation V of 1804 (Repeated except as regards the Scheduled Districts- See section 2 of Tamil Nadu Act I of 1902), or in any other enactment in force in the (This expression was substituted for th6 expression "Presidency of Madras'' by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969) [State of Tamil Nadu], it shall be lawful for the Board of Revenue, subject to the approval of (These words were substituted for the word "Government" by the Adaptation Order of 1937) [the Government concerned], to declare what portion of the business of the Board may be disposed of by a single member or by two members, and what portion shall be reserved for the decision of a Collective Board. Every such declaration shall, after approval by 3[the Government concerned], be notified in the (These words were substituted for the words “Fort St. George Gazette” by ibid) [Official Gazette]:
Provided that, in the case of any subject reserved for disposal by a single member or by two members, the said member or members may refer it, after consideration, for the opinion of another member or for the decision of a Collective Board, as the case may be, and that, where the opinions of two members differ, they shall refer the subject for the decision of a Collective Board.
3. Orders of one or more members to be order of Board.
All orders made and decisions passed by one or more members of the Board in accordance with a declaration made under the last preceding section or with its proviso shall be held to be the orders and decisions of the Board of Revenue, and the same shall not be deemed invalid by reason that subsequent thereto the said declaration was disapproved by 3[the Government concerned].
4. A Collective Board.
Not less than three members of the Board shall be held to constitute a Collective Board. |
