Agrarian Development Act 2000 · As enacted · Part VIII · General Provisions
99. Repeal…
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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The Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979 is hereby repealed.
Notwithstanding the repeal of the Agrarian Services
Act, No. 58 of 1979 –
all sums of money that have been credited to the
Agrarian Services Fund which has been established by section 60 of the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58
of 1979, shall be transferred to the Agrarian
Development Fund established by this Act;
(i)
the assets and liabilities of the Agrarian
Services Committees established by the
Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979 shall be transferred to the Agrarian Development
Council established by this Act;
the assets and liabilities of the Farmers’
Organisations established under the Agrarian
Services Act, No. 58 of 1979, shall be transferred to the corresponding Farmers’
Organisations established under this Act;
the assets and liabilities of the Farmers,
Orgaization District Authority established under the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979
shall be transferred to the corresponding
Farmers’ Organisation District Authorities established by this Act.
(i)
the Agrarian Services Committees established under the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979, shall continue to function till the
Agrarian Development Councils are established under this Act;
the Farmers’ Orgainsations established under the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979, shall continue to function until Farmers’
Organisations are established under this Act;
the Farmers’ Organisations District Authority established under the Agrarian Services Act,
No. 58 of 1979 shall continue to function until
Farmers Organisation District Authorities are established under this Act.
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Prescription Ordinance all claims for damages accruing to tenant cultivators under section 4(7A)
of the Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958, or under section 3 (9) of the Agricultural Lands Law, No. 42
of 1973, or under section 5(8) of the Agrarian
Services Act, No. 58 of 1979, shall be deemed to be claims accruing to such tenant cultivator under the provisions of this Act and shall be recoverable in the manner provided by the corresponding provisions of this Act;
all proceedings pending before an inquiring officer or a Board of Review under the provisions of the
Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979 on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be proceedings instituted before the corresponding Agrarian Tribunal established by this Act and may be continued and concluded before such Agrarian Tribunal under this Act.
all proceedings pending before a Magistrate’s Court under section 21 of the Paddy Lands Act, No. 1 of 1958, or the Agricultural Lands Law, No. 42 of 1973, or the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979 on the day preceding date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed not to have abated or to have been discontinued or in any way prejudicially affected by reason of the repeal of the said Acts, or Law and accordingly all such proceedings shall be continued and concluded under the corresponding provisions of this Act;
all proceedings pending in any court under the provisions of the Agricultural Productivity Law No.
2 of 1972, or the Agricultural Lands Law No. 42 of 1973, or under the provisions of the Agrarian
Services Act, No. 58 of 1979 on the day preceding to the date of commencement of this Act, shall be heard and concluded under the corresponding provisions of this Act;
Every regulation made under the Agrarian Services
Act, No. 58 of 1979 and in force on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall insofar as such regulation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be a regulation made under this Act, and may accordingly be amended, added to or rescinded by regulations made under this Act.