Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Agricultural Lands Act (No. 42 of 1973)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.	   Short title  
   2.	   Circumstances in which tenant of paddy land it regarded as its tenant cultivator  
   3.	   Eights of tenant cultivators; provision in regard to certain evicted tenant of paddy lands; and restriction of eviction of tenants of paddy lands  
   4.	   Procedure to eviction  
   5.	   Obligation of tenant cultivator  
   6.	   Nomination of successor to tenant cultivator's rights  
   7.	   Devolution of rights of tenant cultivator in the absence of nomination of successor or where such successor does not survive such tenant cultivator or where such tenant cultivator cultivates an extent of paddy land either jointly or in rotation with any other tenant cultivator  
   8.	   Tribunal to decide disputes regarding devolution of rights to tenant cultivator  
   9.	   Curators  
   10.	   Transfer of cession of rights of tenant cultivator  
   11.	   Effects of transfer of rights of tenant cultivator  
   12.	   Where there is no successor to inherit, a tenant cultivators rights  
   13.	   Action to be taken by Cultivation Committee when rights of a tenant cultivator are transferred to such Committee  
   14.	   Effect of retention by Cultivation Committee of the rights of tenant cultivator transferred to such Committee  
   15.	   Person not entitled to rights of a deceased tenant cultivator in respect of any extent of paddy land not to occupy and use such extent  
   16.	   Power of Agricultural Productivity Committee to appoint tenant cultivator  
   17.	   Power of Cultivation Committee to appoint agricultural labourers to be tenant; cultivators  
   18.	   Wages of agricultural  
   19.	   Non cultivation of any extent of paddy land to be notified to the landlord and the Cultivation Committee)  
   20.	   Bent to be determined by the Minister  
   21.	   When rent is not payable  
   22.	   Time and place for paying rent and when rent commences to be in arrear  
   23.	   Tenant cultivator so inform landlord of the dates for harvesting and removal of paddy  
   24.	   To whom rent is payable  
   25.	   Provisions applicable where rent-is paid through an Agricultural Productivity Committee to the landlord or to his authorized agent  
   26.	   Receipt to he given far payment of rent  
   27.	   Interest to be paid on rent arrear  
   28.	   Recovery of rent and interest in arrear  
   29.	   Application of this chapter  
   30.	   Form of mortgage of land  
   31.	   Default of payment  
   32.	   Action by prescribed bank where default is made  
   33.	   Priority of charge created by loan made  
   34.	   Prescribed bank not precluded from other methods of recovery  
   35.	   Debt Conciliation Ordinance and Conciliation Boards Act, Mo. 10 of 1958, not to apply to debts due to a prescribed bank  
   36.	   Cultivation Committee for each, area determined by the Minister,  
   37.	   Cultivation Committee subject to control of Agricultural Productivity Committees  
   38.	   Cultivation Committee to act as agent of Agricultural Productivity Committees  
   39.	   Register of Agricultural Lands  
   40.	   Duties of Cultivation. Committees  
   41.	   Further powers and duties of Cultivation Committees  
   42.	   Power to borrow  
   43.	   Cultivation Committee exempt from stamp duty fees  
   44.	   Exemption of Cultivation Committee from income tax  
   45.	   Cultivation Committee  
   46.	   Accounts  
   47.	   Agricultural Tribunal to decide dispute as to whether or not a land is a paddy land  
   48.	   Compulsory acquisition of agricultural land  
   49.	   Acquisition of paddy land offered on prescribed ground to the State for purchase  
   50.	   Purposes for which a paddy land may be used  
   51.	   Offences  
   52.	   Regulations  
   53.	   Repeal of Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958  
   54.	   Interpretation