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Agrarian Services Act (No. 58 of 1979) - Sect 2

Circumstances in which tenant of paddy land is regarded as its tenant cultivator

2.
(1) Where any person is the cultivator of any extent of paddy land let to him under any oral or written agreement then, if he is a citizen of Sri Lanka, he shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be the tenant cultivator of that extent.
(2) Where two or more persons are the cultivators either jointly or in rotation of any extent of paddy land let to them under any oral or written agreement then, subject to the provisions of this Act, each such person shall, if he is a citizen of Sri Lanka, be a tenant cultivator of that extent for the season or seasons in which he is a cultivator of that extent.

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