{
    "act_title": "THE CENTRAL PROVINCES LAND-REVENUE ACT, 1881",
    "act_slug": "central-provinces-land-revenue-act-1881",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "155",
        "title": "Section 155. Restriction on Revenue and Settlement-officers trading and holding land",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "No Revenue or\nSettlement-officer, and no person employed in any Revenue or Settlement office, shall, except with the\nexpress permission of the Chief Commissioner,-\n(a) engage in trade, or be in any way concerned, directly or indirectly, in any commercial\ntransaction, or in the purchase or hiring of land, in the district to which he is appointed, or in which he\nis employed;\n(b) purchase or bid for, either in person or by agent, in his own name or in that of another, or jointly\nor in shares with others, any property which may be sold by order of any Revenue-authority in such\ndistrict.\n\nThe Chief Commissioner may delegate to Commissioners of divisions or to Deputy Commissioners the\npower of granting the permission mentioned in this section in the case of any specified class of officers.\n\nNothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude any person from becoming a member of a company\nincorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1866.",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 1950
    },
    "prev_section": "154",
    "next_section": "156"
}