Duties and Rights of the Central Committee for the Management of Culturable Land, Fallow Land and Waste Land (Notification No. 44/91)

DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CULTURABLE LAND, FALLOW LAND AND WASTE LAND (1991) The Union of Myanmar The State Law and Order Restoration Council Notification No. 44/91 7th Waxing Day of Tazaungmon, 1353 M.E. (13th November, 1991) Prescribing Duties and Rights of the Central Committee for the Management of Culturable Land, Fallow Land and Waste Land 1. The duties and rights of the Central Committee for the Management of Culturable Land , Fallow land and Waste Land, constituted by the State Law and Order Restoration Council letter No. 023/1-1/Na Wa Ta, dated 26-9-91 are herewith prescribed. 2. The duties of the Central Committee for the Management of Culturable land , Fallow land and Waste land are as follows: (a) to systematically scrutinize all applications submitted to grant the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land by State-owned Economic Organizations and Cooperative Societies, Joint Ventures, other organizations and private individuals for commercially using culturable land,fallow land and waste land for the purpose of carrying out agriculture, livestock breeding, aquaculture enterprises or other affiliated economic development enterprises and to grant the right to cultivate land / right to utilize land for those purposes in accordance with the existing land laws; (b) to instruct those persons who are granted the right to cultivate land / right to utilize land to furnish the prescribed security depending upon the type of enterprise at the commencement of business; (c) to assist those persons who are granted the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land, to acquire technology, quality seeds and other assistance that may be necessary depending upon the type of enterprise; (d) in the event that those persons who are granted the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land for those purposes should require loans for investment capital or the assistance of materials and services, to vet their requests and make necessary recommendations and co-ordinate those matters with the relevant Ministries; (e) to propagate widely information regarding the above mentioned matters via the public media i.e. radio, television and newspapers, so that those persons desiring to undertake commercial enterprises may be fully informed. 3. The rights of the Central Committee for the Management of Culturable land, Fallow land and Waste land are as follows: (a) the right to grant up to 5,000 acres of culturable land, fallow land or waste land to those persons who are desirous of investing in commercial enterprises concerning agriculture, livestock breeding, aquaculture or other affiliated economic enterprises in accordance with the existing land laws; (b) the right to fix the duration of the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land for those purposes depending upon the type of enterprise and may prescribe land rental rates and revenue rates as follows after scrutiny: (i) a maximum period of thirty years may be granted for the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land; (ii) to grant exemption from payment of land revenue for a period of 2 to 8 years based upon the type of agricultural crops, livestock breeding or aquaculture enterprise; (iii) to grant exemption from payment of income tax based upon the type of agricultural crops/livestock breeding or aquaculture enterprise in accordance with law; (c) to form committees, separate bodies as required depending upon the enterprise sector to carry out detailed scrutiny and appraisals and co-ordinate matters related to the right to cultivate land I right to utilize land for those purposes submitted to the Central Committee for Management of Culturable land, Fallow land and Waste land and to prescribe the duties and rights for those committees, separate bodies as necessary; (d) the right to prescribe conditions that are to be adhered to regarding land which has been granted the right to cultivate I right to utilize; (e) the right to delegate suitable individual organization with powers of inspection to ensure whether those persons who are granted the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land for those purposes are capable of implementing their undertaking or not according to prescribed conditions; (f) the right to call for situation reports and work completion reports from those persons who are granted the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land for those purposes; (g) the right to revoke the right to cultivate land/right to utilize land for those purposes in the event that those persons who are granted such rights fail to adhere or violate the prescribed conditions or fail to fulfill their commitments. 4. The Central Committee for the Management of Culturable land, Fallow land and Waste land may issue necessary procedures or directives relating to its duties and rights. Sd/— Khin Nyunt Major—General Secretary (1) The State Law and Order Restoration Council