Agrarian Development (Payment of Compensation) Regulations, No. 1 of 2013

963n4o 6n66&4 0C4 q3 Eccac& The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka EXTRAORDINARY epezzo 1801/36 - 2013 63eSzz aez 15 0/213 aZta3c3 - 2013.03.15 No. 1801/36 -FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 (Published by Authority) PART I: SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications LD -B11/2007 AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT ACT. No,46 OF 2000 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Economic Development under Section 95 of the Agrarian Development Act, No. 46 of 2000 as amended by Act, No. 46 of 2011, read with Sections 1B of the said Act. BASIL ROHANA RAJAPAKSA, Minister of Economic Development Colombo, 15th March, 2013. Regulations 1. These regulations may be cited as the Agrarian Development (Payment of Compensation) Regulations, No. 1 of 2013. 2. (1) Where any person who is deemed to be a tenant cultivator by virtue of the Provisions of Section lA of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "the tenant cultivator"), makes an application for compensation under the provisions of Section 1B of the Act, the Commissioner General shall, hold an inquiry in respect of such application and determine whether the Compensation Order should be made taking into consideration the authenticity of the documents submitted by the tenant cultivator. (2) If the Commissioner General determines that the compensation should be paid to the tenant cultivator under Section 1B of the Act, he shall make an Order subject to the Provisions of the Act, to pay compensation to such tenant cultivator, on the following basis : (a) the number of paddy cultivation seasons during which the relevant extent of paddy land had been cultivated ; (b) the yield expected to be received from the relevant extent of paddy land deducting the expenses purported to be incurred by the tenant cultivator for cultivating the relevant extent of paddy land : Provided however, the maximum amount of compensation payable shall be Rupees Two Hundred Thousand per acre : Provided further, the period calculated for the payment of compensation shall not be more than ten years. 3. Where the rent payable by the tenant cultivator to the landlord, in terms of Section 12 of the Act is in arrears the compensation shall be reduced proportionate to the number of paddy cultivation seasons for which rent was not so paid. This Gazette Extraordinary can be downloaded from www.documents.govik. 3 — PG 001584 1A 2A 1 OTD34)C3 (I) ede,c.3 - g e3 etfazzusi@zz csa3c6F.)3 thodtfec..4 cri3 Cemos colcsa izzaw - 2013.03.15 PART I SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15 03.2013 4. (1) The names of the tenant cultivators in respect of whom the Commissioner General has made Orders to pay compensation shal be exhibited in public places and any objections thereon, shall be submitted in writing to the Commissioner General within a period of one month of making any such Order. (2) Where there is any objection to such Order, the Commissioner General shall make his decision confirming or amending such Order, within a period of one month from the date of objection to such Order. (3) The Order made under regulation 2, shall not be given effect until the Commissioner General makes his decision under paragraph (2), on any objection submitted under paragraph (1). 5. In these regulations "Act" means, the Agrarian Development Act, No. 46 of 2000 as amended by Act No. 46 of 2011; "Commissioner General" means, the Commissioner General ofAgrarian Development appointed under Section 38 of the Act. 03 - 1148/1