Agrarian Development Act 2000 · As enacted · Part II · Utilising Agricultural Lands in Accordance with Agricultural Policies
Section 30
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
Every paddy land which can be cultivated with paddy shall be utilised for the cultivation of paddy
Paddy lands which have been identified by the
Commissioner-General as paddy lands from which the maximum production can be obtained by the cultivation of paddy shall be cultivated with paddy during every season in which paddy can be cultivated thereon.
Where paddy cannot be cultivated during any season in an extent of paddy land which has been identified under subsection (1), due to a natural or other cause an agricultural crop which is not a perennial crop may be cultivated on such paddy land after obtaining the written permission of the
Commissioner-General.
In the case of paddy lands from which satisfactory production can be obtained by the cultivation of any crop other than paddy, such paddy land may, subject to the provisions of section 29(5), be cultivated with half yearly crops other than paddy after obtaining the written permission of the
Commissioner-General. For the purpose of cultivating long term crops in such paddy lands, the written permission of the
Commissioner-General shall be obtained prior to the commencement of such cultivation.
Every person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
A certificate issued by the Commissioner-General to the effect that the provisions of this section have been contravened, shall be admissible in evidence and shall be prima facie proof of such fact.
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