Agrarian Development Act 2000 · As enacted · Part I · Rights of Persons Who Cultivate Paddy Lands
15. Provisions applicable where rent is paid through the Agrarian Development Council to the landlord or to his authorised agent
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Where the tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land instead of paying the rent for such extent directly to the landlord of such extent or to his authorised agent pays it to the Agrarian Development Council within whose area of authority such extent is wholly or mainly situate, such Council shall—
if such rent is paid in money, cause the amount of such rent to be transmitted to such landlord or to his authorised agent, as the case may be ; or
if such rent is paid in paddy, cause to be sent to such landlord or to his authorised agent, as the case may be, a written notice sent by registered post requesting him to take delivery of such paddy within thirty days of the date of such notice ; and
deduct from such rent any expenses incurred by such
Council in the handling of such rent.
Where the rent for any extent of paddy land is paid in paddy to the Agrarian Development Council within whose area such extent is wholly or mainly situate, and such rent is not claimed by the person entitled thereto within thirty days of the date of the notice sent to him under subsection (1), such Council may cause the paddy to be sold and shall cause the proceeds of the sale to be transmitted to such persons.
Where any sum of money transmitted (otherwise than by money order or postal order) to any person under this section by the Agrarian Development Council within whose area auch extent is wholly or mainly situate is not claimed by such person within one year after the date on which such sum was transmitted, such sum shall be paid into the Agrarian
Development Fund by such Council and no person thereafter shall be entitled to demand or receive such sum or the rent which such sum represents.
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