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Agricultural Lands Act (No. 42 of 1973) - Sect 2

Circumstances in which tenant of paddy land it regarded as its tenant cultivator

2.
(1) Where any person is the cultivator of any extent of paddy land let to him under any oral or written agreement made before or after the coming into operation of this Law in the Administrative District in which that extent wholly or mainly lies, then, If he is a citizen of Sri Lanka, he shall, subject to the provisions of this Law, be the tenant cultivator of that extent.
(2) Where two or more persons are the cultivators either jointly or in rotation of any extent of paddy land let to them under any oral or written agreement made before or after the coming into operation of this Law in the Administrative District in which that extent wholly or mainly lies, then, subject to the provisions of this Law, each such person shall, If he is a citizen of Sri Lanka, be a tenant cultivator of that extent for the season, or seasons In which he Is a cultivator of that extent.


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