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Part VI · Agrarian Development Councils

77. Powers of the Commissioner-General

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

(1)

Where the Commissioner-General is of opinion that any power conferred on any Farmers’ Organisation or

Agrarian Development Council or Farmers’ Organisations

District Federation or any Farmers’ Organisation Provincial

Federation or the Sri Lanka Farmers’ Organisations National

Federation by this Act, or by any regulations made thereunder has been misused, he shall forthwith take steps to prevent the continuation of such misuse.

(2)

Where any registered Farmers’ Organisation or

Agrarian Development Council or any Farmers’ Organisation

District Federation or any Farmers’ Organisations Provincial

Federation or the Sri Lanka Farmers’ Organisations National

Federation omits to exercise any power conferred on such

Organisation Council or Federation by this Act, or by any regulation made under this Act the Commissioner-General may require such Organisation, Council or Federation, in writing, to exercise such power.

(3)

Any registered Farmers’ Organisation or Agrarian

Development Council or any Farmers’ Organisation District

Federation or any Farmers’ Organisations Provincial

Federation or the Sri Lanka Farmers’ Organisations National

Federation which fails to comply with any requirement imposed on such Organisation, Council or Federation by the

Commissioner-General under subsection (1) or subsection (2)

may be dissolved by the Commissioner-General and the

Commissioner-General may, until such Farmers’ Organisation or Farmers Organization District Federation or Farmers’

Organisation Provincial Federation, Agrarian Development

Council or the Sri Lanka National Federation of Farmers’

Organisation Federation so dissolved is re-established, take suitable measures to ensure that its powers are exercised.

Part VII

Irrigation Work and the Management of Irrigation Water

Part VIII

General Provisions

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