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Part II · Utilising Agricultural Lands in Accordance with Agricultural Policies

22. Duties of owner cultivators or occupiers relating to the cultivation and management of agricultural land

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

(1)

It shall be the duty and responsibility of every owner cultivator or occupier of any agricultural land to cultivate such land with such crops or rear such breeds of livestock and breed inland fish for the efficient management and better cultivation of agricultural land, as are best suited for the land, having regard to the extent and the situation and the natural resources of the land, in accordance with standards of cultivation as are hereinafter provided by this Act or any regulation made thereunder, with a view to improving the productivity and maintaining efficient standards of production both as to quantity and quality of the produce.

(2)

Regulations may be made for prescribing the crops to be cultivated, the livestock to be reared, the fish to be bred according to the situation and natural resources of the land, and generally for the efficient management of agricultural land and for better cultivation.

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