28. Section 46 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
| (a) in subsection (2) of that section-
| | (i) of the repeal of paragraph (b), and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:-
| | | "(b) subject to the provisions of subsection (2A) to impose on and recover from cultivator or occupier of agricultural land an annual acreage levy not exceeding six rupees per acre of such land and any other charge levied for services rendered under this Act ; " ; |
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| | (ii) by the repeal of paragraph (d) and the substitution therefor of the following paragraphs :-
| | | "(d) to maintain and operate an account in such bank as may be determined by the Commissioner ; |
| (e) to grant, loans out of its moneys to owner cultivators and occupiers for agricultural activities and to recover such loans ; |
| (f) to utilize its moneys for the repair,' maintenance and development of minor irrigation works where it becomes necessary so to do ; |
| (g) to provide financial assistance at the request of the Commissioner, for the training of officers and farmers with a view to developing agriculture and improving the management of the Committee ; " and |
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| (b) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following subsections: "
| | "(2A) The following shall be exempt from the payment of the acreage levy imposed under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) : "
| | | (i) the Janatha Estate Development Board and the State Plantations Corporation; |
| (ii) the owner cultivator or occupier of a home garden. |
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| | (2B) Where any land or any interest in any land is required by any Agrarian Services Committee for a common threshing floor or an agricultural road, the land or interest in land may be acquired under the Land Acquisition Act by the Government for such Committee and the provisions of that Act shall apply for the purpose of the acquisition of that land or interest in land."' ; | | |
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| (c) by the insertion immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following new subsection: "
| | "(3A) An Agrarian Services Committee may, by notice in writing, require any owner cultivator or occupier of, or other person having any interest in, any agricultural land within its area of authority to furnish on or before any date specified in the notice such particulars as to the extent of land he possesses, the nature of cultivation carried on by him and such other matters as may be mentioned in such notice and which are required for the implementation of this Act,"; and | | |
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| (d) in subsection (4), by the substitution for the words " the Commissioner may ", of the words " the Commissioner may, with the concurrence of the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance". |
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