8. Section 11 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:"
| (a) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:"
| | " (2) A tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land may, with the written sanction of the Commissioner given after such inquiry and on such terms as he may deem necessary, transfer his rights in respect of such extent to his landlord if such landlord is also the owner of such extent. Such transfer shall be in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this subsection"
| | | (a) where the tenant cultivator of an extent of paddy land intends to transfer his interest in such extent, he shall communicate in writing his intention and the price at which he intends to transfer his interest in such extent to the owner of such extent. A copy of such communication shall be sent by the tenant cultivator by registered post to the Agrarian Services Committee within whose area of authority such extent of paddy land is situate. |
| (b) If the owner is willing to purchase the interest of the tenant cultivator in such extent of paddy land at the price nominated, by the tenant cultivator, the owner shall indicate his willingness to the Agrarian Services Committee which shall fix a period within which the transfer is to be completed. |
| (c) If the owner is willing to purchase the interest of the tenant cultivator in such extent of paddy land but states that the price nominated by the tenant cultivator is excessive, the Agrarian Services Committee may. in consultation with the tenant cultivator, determine a price, which in its opinion is reasonable and fix a period within which the transfer is to be completed. |
| (d) Where the owner is not willing to purchase the interest of the tenant cultivator in such extent of paddy land or is not willing to purchase it at the price determined by the Agrarian Services Committee, or where such owner having agreed to purchase such interest at the price, nominated by the tenant cultivator or determined by the Agrarian Services Committee, as the case may be, does not complete the transfer within the period fixed therefor, the Agrarian Services Committee shall issue a certificate to that effect. ; |
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| (b) in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution for the words "Any transfer or cession by", of the words " Any transfer by " ; |
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| (c) by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section ; and |
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| (d) in the marginal note of that section, by the substitution for the words "Transfer and cession*', of the word " Transfer ". |
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