Agrarian Development Act 2000 · As enacted · 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.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
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.
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.
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