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Agricultural Lands Act (No. 42 of 1973) - Sect 53

Repeal of Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958

53.
(1) The Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958 as amended from time to time is hereby repealed.
(2) All moneys lying to the credit of the Paddy Lands Fund established under the provisions of the Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958, shall be transferred to the Agricultural Productivity Fund, established under the provisions of the Agricultural Productivity Law, No. 2 of 1972.
(3) The assets and liabilities of the Cultivation Committees established under the Paddy Lands Act shall be transferred to the Cultivation Committees established under this Law.
(4) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Paddy Lands Act No. 1 of 1958;-
(a) the Cultivation Committees established under the provisions of the Paddy Lands Act shall from the date of commencement of this Law continue to function until Cultivation Committees are constituted under this Law:
(b) all proceedings which are pending, and in respect of which inquiries have commenced before the date of commencement of this Law before the Commissioner of Agrarian Services or the Board of Review shall be heard and concluded before such Commissioner or Board of Review in all respects as though that Act had not been repealed;
(c) all proceedings which have been commenced and completed before the Commissioner of Agrarian Services and the Board of Review but in respect of which action has not been commenced in the Magistrate's Court under section 21 of Paddy Lands Act shall be proceeded with under the provisions of this Law;
(d) all proceedings which are pending, but in ' respect of which inquiries have not commenced on the date of commencement of this Law before the Commissioner of Agrarian Services or the Board of Review shall be heard and concluded under the provisions of this Law;
(e) all regulations made under the Paddy Lands Act, and in force on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Law shall be deemed to be regulations made under this Law, and may accordingly be amended or added to or rescinded by regulations made under this Law.

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