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| (1) Any paddy land specified in section 6, being a paddy land which is cultivated by a tenant cultivator and which has not been sold to such tenant cultivator at the expiration of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be required for the purposes of this Act. and may be acquired under- the Land Acquisition Act. |
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| (2) A paddy land acquired under the provisions of subsection (1) shall vest in the Land Bank established by this Act. |
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| (3) The tenant cultivators of any paddy land acquired under subsection (1) shall be paid, compensation computed in accordance to section 19 of this Act. |
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