(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 191 a landlord or a grantee or a tenant of a grantee may sue for a declaration that land held rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent, -
(a) in Agra is held in proprietary right, and for the fixation of revenue thereon, or
(b) in Oudh, is held in under proprietary right and for fixation of rent thereon.
(2) No suit shall lie under provisions of sub-section (1) unless such land, -
(a) is held under a grant made in perpetuity and in consideration of the loss or surrender of a right previously vested in the grantee, or
(b) is held under a grant made in perpetuity by a written instrument for valuable consideration, or
(c) not being held for the performance of some service, religious or secular, or conditionally, or for a term, has been held in Agra rent-free for fifty years immediately before the seventh day of September, 1926, or in Oudh rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent for fifty years.
(3) When rent or revenue is fixed on such land under the provisions of this section, any tenant of the grantee shall become a hereditary tenant of his holding.
(a) in Agra is held in proprietary right, and for the fixation of revenue thereon, or
(b) in Oudh, is held in under proprietary right and for fixation of rent thereon.
(2) No suit shall lie under provisions of sub-section (1) unless such land, -
(a) is held under a grant made in perpetuity and in consideration of the loss or surrender of a right previously vested in the grantee, or
(b) is held under a grant made in perpetuity by a written instrument for valuable consideration, or
(c) not being held for the performance of some service, religious or secular, or conditionally, or for a term, has been held in Agra rent-free for fifty years immediately before the seventh day of September, 1926, or in Oudh rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent for fifty years.
(3) When rent or revenue is fixed on such land under the provisions of this section, any tenant of the grantee shall become a hereditary tenant of his holding.
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