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| (1) It shall be the duty and responsibility of every owner cultivator or occupier of any agricultural land to cultivate such land with such crops or rear such breeds of livestock and breed inland fish for the efficient management and better cultivation of agricultural land, as are best suited for the land, having regard to the extent and the situation and the natural resources of the land, in accordance with standards of cultivation as are hereinafter provided by this Act or any regulation made thereunder, with a view to improving the productivity and maintaining efficient standards of production both as to quantity and quality of the produce. |
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| (2) Regulations may be made for prescribing the crops to be cultivated, the livestock to be reared, the fish to be bred according to the situation and natural resources of the land. and generally for the efficient management of agricultural land and for better cultivation. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts