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| (1) Where a tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land, other than a tenant cultivator who cultivates such extent either jointly or in rotation with any other tenant cultivator, dies and he has not nominated a successor under section 7 or the successor nominated by him under that section is dead, his rights under this Act in respect of such extent shall devolve on the surviving spouse of such tenant cultivator and failing such spouse on only one of the children of such tenant cultivator, the oldest being preferred to the others where there are more children than one and in the absence of children on a parent, brother or sister of such tenant cultivator provided the successor to the deceased tenant cultivator's rights is a person whose main occupation is cultivation and whose only source of income is derived from such extent of paddy land. |
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| (2) Where a tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land who cultivates such extent jointly or in rotation with any other tenant cultivator or cultivators, dies his right in respect of such extent in his capacity as such tenant cultivator shall devolve on such other tenant cultivator or cultivators. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts