| 1.
| | This Act may be cited as the Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958. |
| 2.
| | Operation of this Act. |
| 3.
| | Circumstances in which tenant of paddy land is regarded as its tenant cultivator, and provision in regard to certain evicted tenants of paddy lands. [ 2, 11 of 1964.] |
| 4.
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Section - 4 |
| 5.
| | Obligations of tenant cultivator. |
| 6.
| | Nomination of successor to tenant cultivator's rights. [ 6, 11 of 1964.] |
| 7.
| | Devolution of rights of tenant cultivator in the absence of nomination of successor or where such successor does not survive such tenant cultivator or where such tenant cultivator cultivates an extent of paddy land either jointly or in rotation with any other tenant cultivator. [ 7, 11 of 1964.] |
| 7A.
| | Commissioner to decide disputes regarding devolution of rights of tenant cultivator and his determination to be subject to appeal to the Board of Review. [ 8, 11 of 1964.] |
| 7B.
| | Curators.[ 8, 11 of 1964.] |
| 8.
| | Transfer or cession of rights of a tenant cultivator. [ 9, 11 of 1964.] |
| 9.
| | Effect of transfer of rights of tenant cultivator. |
| 10.
| | Where there is no successor to inherit a tenant cultivator's rights. [ 10, 11 of 1964.] |
| 11.
| | Action to be taken by Cultivation Committee when rights of a tenant cultivator are transferred to such Committee. { 11, 11 of 1964.] |
| 12.
| | Effect of retention by Cultivation Committee of rights of tenant cultivator transferred to such Committee. [ 12, 11 of 1964.] |
| 13.
| | Person not entitled to rights of a deceased tenant cultivator in respect of any extent of paddy land not to occupy and use such extent. |
| 14.
| | How tenancy I of any extent of paddy land may be terminated where the landlord desires to be its owner cultivator, and how a landlord of any extent of paddy land to whom the right to occupy and use that extent is restored may lose such right. |
| 15.
| | Power of Commissioner to appoint tenant cultivator. [ 14, 11 of 1964.] |
| 16.
| | Power of Cultivation Committee to appoint agricultural labourers to be tenant cultivators. |
| 17.
| | Wages of agricultural labourers. |
| 18.
| | Cultivators and landlords to cultivate paddy lands in accordance with the principles of good paddy cultivation. [ 16, 11 of 1964.] |
| 18A.
| | Non-cultivation of any extent of paddy land to be notified to the landlord and the Cultivation Committee. [ 16, 11 of 1964.] |
| 19.
| | Supervision Order. [ 16, 11 of 1964.] |
| 20.
| | Eviction of person in respect of whom a Supervision Order is in force if cultivation is unsatisfactory. [ 16,11 of 1964.] |
| 21.
| | Procedure in eviction. [ 17, 11 of 1964.] |
| 22.
| | Rent to be determined by the Commissioner subject to a right of appeal to the Board of Review. |
| 23.
| | When rent is not payable. |
| 24.
| | Time and place for paying rent and when rent commences to be in arrear.[ 19, 11 of 1964.] |
| 24A.
| | Tenant cultivator to notify landlord of the dates for harvesting and removal of paddy.[ 20, 11 of 1964] |
| 25.
| | To whom rent is payable. |
| 25A.
| | Provisions applicable where rent is paid through a Cultivation Committee to the landlord or to his authorized agent.[ 22. 11 of 1964.] |
| 26.
| | Receipt to be given for payment of rent. [ 23, 11 of 1964.] |
| 27.
| | Interest to be paid on rent in arrear. |
| 28.
| | Recovery of rent and interest in arrear. [ 24, 11 of 1964.] |
| 29.
| | A Cultivation Committee for each area determined by the Commissioner. [ 25, 11 of 1964.] |
| 30.
| | [ 26, 11 of 1964.] |
| 31.
| | Term of office of members of Cultivation Committee. [ 6, 61 of 1961.] |
| 31A.
| | Elected member of a Cultivation Committee may resign. [ 8, 61 of 1961.] |
| 31B.
| | Absence of elected member from three consecutive meetings of a Cultivation Committee without leave to be deemed to be resignation.[ 8, 61 of 1961.] |
| 31C.
| | Filling of casual vacancies in a Cultivation Committee.[ 8, 61 of 1961.] [ 26a, 11 of 1964.] |
| 31D.
| | Vacancy in a Cultivation Committee not to invalidate its acts and proceedings.[ 8, 61 of 1961] |
| 32.
| | Office-bearers of Cultivation Committee. [ 26b, 11 of 1964.] |
| 33.
| | Procedure for election of members of a Cultivation Committee, and meetings of such Committee and of those qualified to vote at such election. [ 21, 11 of 1964.] |
| 34.
| | Cultivation Committee to be a body corporate. |
| 35.
| | Register of paddy lands. [ 28, 11 of 1964.] |
| 36.
| | Additional powers of Cultivation Committee. |
| 36A.
| | Duties of Cultivation Committees.[ 30, 11 of 1964.] |
| 36B.
| | Recovery of any sum due to a Cultivation Committee on a guarantee given by the Committee.[ 30, 11 of 1964.] |
| 37.
| | Further powers and duties of Cultivation Committees. |
| 38.
| | Cultivation Committees to be subject to general direction of Commissioner. |
| 38A.
| | When Commissioner may exercise any power or discharge any duty of a Cultivation Committee.[ 31,11 of 1964.] |
| 38B.
| | Dissolution of a Cultivation Committee.[ 31,11 of 1964.] |
| 39.
| | Commissioner to decide dispute as to whether or not a land is a paddy land, and his decision to be subject to appeal to the Board of Review. |
| 40.
| | [ 32, 11 of 1964.] |
| 41.
| | Commissioner to make arrangements for meetings of those qualified to vote at election of members of Cultivation Committee.[ 32a, 11 of 1964.] |
| 42.
| | Commissioner to make arrangements for preparation and revision of registers. l 33, 11 of 1964.] |
| 43.
| | [ 34, 11 of 1964.] |
| 44.
| | Commissioner may preside at any meeting of Cultivation Committee. [ 35, 11 of 1964.] |
| 45.
| | Commissioner's power to requisition tractors, agricultural implements, buffaloes, &c. |
| 46.
| | Commissioner's power in respect of any paddy land. |
| 47.
| | Commissioner's power in respect of books and records of Cultivation Committee. [ 36,11 of 1964.] |
| 48.
| | Commissioner may prepare schemes for consolidation of holdings of paddy lands or for establishment of collective farms for paddy cultivation. [ 36a, 11 of 1964.] |
| 49.
| | Further powers and duties of Commissioner. |
| 50.
| | Commissioner to be subject to general direction of the Minister. |
| 51.
| | Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and other officers and servants. |
| 52.
| | Loans by landlord. |
| 53.
| | Abolition of proprietor's payment of remuneration of irrigation headman. Cap. 453. |
| 54.
| | Recovery of arrears of irrigation rates, &c., from landlord of any extent of paddy land. Cap. 453. |
| 55.
| | Recovery of charge imposed by Cultivation Committee on cultivator or landlord of any extent of paddy land. [ 37, 11 of 1964.] |
| 56.
| | Compulsory acquisition of paddy lands for Cultivation Committees. [ 38, 11 of 1964.] Cap. 460. |
| 57.
| | Acquisition of paddy land offered, on a prescribed ground, to the Crown for purchase. |
| 58.
| | Purposes for which a paddy land may be used. [ 39,11 of 1964.] |
| 58A.
| | Offences. [ 40, 11 of 1964.] |
| 59.
| | Constitution of Board of Review and proceedings before the Board. [ 41, 11 of 1964.] |
| 60.
| | Commissioner's approval required for alienation of a paddy land to a person who is not a citizen of Ceylon. |
| 60A.
| | Paddy Lands Fund.[ 42, 11 of 1964.] |
| 61.
| | Power to make regulations. |
| 62.
| | Repeal of Chapter 444. |
| 63.
| | Interpretation. |