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| (1) If the Commissioner is satisfied after such inquiry as he may deem necessary that the rights of a tenant cultivator under this Act have devolved on a minor, he may, notwithstanding anything in any other law, appoint a fit and proper person to be the curator of that minor for the purpose of enabling the minor to exercise his rights and to discharge his duties under this Act. |
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| (2) A curator appointed under subsection (1) may be removed from office by the Commissioner if he is satisfied after inquiry that such curator has failed to perform his obligations or has been guilty of action or conduct adverse or prejudicial to the interests of the minor, or that the curator is unfit to continue to hold office or for any other sufficient cause. |
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| (3) A curator appointed under subsection (1) shall, in respect of the extent of paddy land belonging to the minor whose curator he is, have and exercise all the rights and be subject to all the liabilities of a curator appointed by a court; of competent jurisdiction. |
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| (4) A person appointed under subsection (1) as the curator of a minor shall cease to hold office upon the appointment by any court of competent jurisdiction of any other person as curator of that minor. |
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