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Agricultural Lands Act (No. 42 of 1973) - Sect 26

Receipt to he given far payment of rent

26.
(1) The person entitled to collect the rent in respect of any extent of paddy land shall, on receiving the rent, issue to the person by whom the rent is paid a receipt specifying-
(a) the date of payment,
(b) the person who paid the rent,
(c) the amount of the rent paid,
(d) the period for which the rent is paid, and
(e) the paddy land in respect of which the rent is paid.
(2) If any person contravenes the provisions of subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees.

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