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As enacted
Contents

1. Short Title

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

This Act may be cited as the Agrarian Development

Act, No. 46 of 2000.

Part I

Rights of Persons Who Cultivate Paddy Lands

Part II

Utilising Agricultural Lands in Accordance with Agricultural Policies

Part III

Part IV

Establishment of Agrarian Tribunals

Part V

Institutional Structure of Farmers’ Organisations

Part VI

Agrarian Development Councils

Part VII

Irrigation Work and the Management of Irrigation Water

Part VIII

General Provisions

Schedules