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| (1) Every Agrarian Development Council shall prepare, amend and maintain, a register of the agricultural lands within its area of authority : |
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| (2) Every such register shall contain the name and extent of each agricultural land, the name of the landlord, the occupier, or owner cultivator, as the case may be and such other particulars as may be prescribed |
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| (3) An application to amend an Agricultural Lands Register by entering the name of a new tenant cultivator in respect of an extent of paddy land included in the register shall be made in writing to the Commissioner-General and it shall be accompanied by a letter from the owner consenting to the registration of the applicant as the tenant cultivator in respect of that extent of paddy land, and the Commissioner- General shall make order thereon. |
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| | (a) The Commissioner-General shall inspect and certify every such register once in every three years after the date of commencement of this Act. | | |
| | (b) The Agricultural Lands Register shall kept open for public inspection in the months of January and July of every year. | | |
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| (5) When the Commissioner-General is satisfied that certain information in respect of an agricultural land has not been entered in the Agricultural Lands Register maintained in the area where the land is situated, the Commissioner- General shall, after hearing any parties affected, have the power to enter the particulars relating to that agricultural land in the Agricultural Lands Register. |
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| (6) An entry in a register prepared or amended under the provisions of this section and which is for the time being in force shall be admissible in evidence and, shall be-prime facie proof of the facts stated therein. |
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| (7) A person who is aggrieved by a decision made in respect of an application to amend the Agricultural Lands Register may forward an appeal in writing to the Agricultural Tribunal of the area where the land is situated with a copy to the Agriculture Development Council. |
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| (8) The Order of she Agrarian Tribunal in respect of such appeal regarding the amendment of the Agricultural Lands Register, shall be final and conclusive. |
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| (9) Regulations may be made in respect of the procedure to be followed in preparing, or amending or maintaining the register mentioned in subsection (1) and the procedure for appeals in respect of amendments, and in respect of the preparation of Rotation Paddy Land Registers. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts