The Bengal Ghatwali Land Act, 1859

Ghatwals holding lands in the District of Beerbhoom under the provisions of theaforesaid Regulation, shall have the same power of granting leases for any period which they may deemmost conducive to the improvement of their tenures, as is allowed by law to the proprietors of other lands. Proviso. ----Provided that no lease of Ghatwalee lands for any period extending beyond the life-time orincumbency of the grantor of the lease shall be valid and binding on the successors of the grantor, unlessthe same shall be granted for the working of mines, or for the clearing of jungle, or for the erection ofdwelling houses or manufactories, or for tanks, canals, and similar works; and shall be approved by theCommissioner of the Division, such approval being certified by an endorsement on the lease under thesignature of the Commissioner

If any ofthe said Ghatwalee lands be at any time under the superintendence of the Court of Wards, or otherwisesubject to the direct control of the Officers of Government, it shall be lawful for the Court of Wards or theCommissioner to grant leases for any such purpose as aforesaid; and every lease so granted shall be validand binding on all future possessors of the said lands, anything in the existing law to the contrarynotwithstanding.