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| (1) Where the tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land instead of paying the rent for such extent directly to the landlord of such extent or to his authorized agent pays it to the Agricultural Productivity Committee within whose local jurisdiction such extent wholly or mainly lies, such Committee-
| | (a) shall, If such rent is paid in money, cause the amount of such rent to be transmitted to such landlord or to his authorized agent, as the case may be; or | | |
| | (b) shall, if such rent is paid in paddy, cause to be sent to such landlord or to his authorized agent, as the case may be, a written notice requesting him to take delivery of such rent within thirty days after the date of such notice. | | |
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| (2) Where the rent for any extent of paddy land is paid In paddy to an Agricultural Productivity Committee, and such rent is not claimed by the person entitled thereto within thirty days after the date of the notice sent to him under subsection (1), such Committee may cause the paddy to be sold and shall cause the proceeds of the sale to be transmitted to such person. |
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| (3) Where any sum of money transmitted otherwise than by Money Order to Postal Order) to any person under this section by an Agricultural Productivity Committee is not claimed by such person within one year after the date on which such sum was transmitted, such sum shall be paid into title Agricultural Productivity Fund, by such Committee, and no person thereafter shall be entitled to demand or receive such sum or the rent which such sum represents. |
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| (4) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding. provisions of this section, all expenses incurred by the Agricultural Productivity Committee in connection with the transmission or handling of the rent due to any person shall be met by such person. and may be deducted from such rent by such Committee before such rent is transmitted or paid to such person by such Committee. |
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