Section 116. Transfer of duties of Deputy Commissioner to Settlement Officer

Where the State or any part thereof is under sct-
duties tlement, the Chief Commissioner may, by a notification ~n
,- the official Gazette, transfer to the Settlement Officer the
,ion, to duty d maintaining the maps and the field books and pre-
.Settlement paring the annual register and the Settlement Officer shall
'Officer. thereupon possess all the powers conferred on the Jk~ruty
Commissioner under Chapter 111 of the U.P. Land Revenue
Act. 1901, or the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, as the
case may be.
Term of