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Part III

38. Appointment of Commissioner-General, Additional Commissioner-General Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and Divisional Officers

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

(1)

There shall be appointed for the purposes of this

Act a Commissioner-General of Agrarian Development.

(hereinafter referred to in this Act as the Commissioner-General), and every reference in any other law to the

Commissioner of Agrarian Services shall be deemed to be a reference to the Commissioner General.

(2)

There may be appointed an Additional Commissioner-General, Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Assistant

Commissioners, Agrarian Development Officers and other officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(3)

The Additional Commissioner-General and

Commissioners of Agrarian Development may exercise all or any of the powers of the Commissioner-General under this

Act.

(4)

Every Deputy Commissioner may exercise all or any of the powers of the Commissioner-General under this Act, within the area to which such Deputy Commissioner is appointed.

(5)

Every Assistant Commissioner may exercise all or any of the powers of the Commissioner-General under this Act, within the area to which such Assistant Commissioner is appointed.

(6)

Every Agrarian Development Officer expressly authorized to do so by the Additional Commissioner, the

Deputy Commissioner or the Assistant Commissioner within whose area, the area of authority of such Agrarian

Development Officer falls, may exercise all or any of the powers of the Commissioner General under this Act, within the area to which such Agrarian Development Officer is appointed.

(7)

The Additional Commissioner General, The

Commissioners, the Deputy Commissioner General, every

Assistant Commissioner and every Agrarian Development

Officer shall in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his duties under this Act, be subject to the direction and control of the Commissioner-General.

Part IV

Establishment of Agrarian Tribunals

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Institutional Structure of Farmers’ Organisations

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Agrarian Development Councils

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Irrigation Work and the Management of Irrigation Water

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

General Provisions

Read on from Part VIII

Schedules