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| (1) Where a land in a specified area is for the first time cultivated for the purpose of producing any specified crop, the owner or tenant of such land shall before such cultivation is concluded, notify in writing to the Assistant Commissioner of the Administrative District in which such land is wholly or mainly situated or to the local insurance agent that such land is being cultivated for the first |time for the purpose of producing such crop. |
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| (2) Where a land in a specified area is not being cultivated in any season, the owner or tenant of such land shall notify to the Assistant Commissioner of the Administrative District in which such land is wholly or mainly situated or to the local insurance agent that such land is not being cultivated in that season. |
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| (3) Where a change of ownership or tenancy of a land included in an insurable acreage occurs, the new owner or tenant shall, within thirty days after he becomes such owner or tenant, notify in writing the new ownership or tenancy and the new owner's or the new tenant's share of the crop produced from such land to the Assistant Commissioner of the Administrative District in which such land is wholly or mainly situated or to the local insurance agent. |
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| (4) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) or subsection (2) or sub- section (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees. |
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| (5) Any such facts relating to a land included in an insurable acreage as are notified under subsection (1) or subsection (2) or subsection (3) shall be taken into account for the purpose of revising such acreage. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts