r 1949 : East Pb. Act XL] TRACTOR CULTIVATION 407 (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) THE EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949, TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sections.
Short title and extent.
Interpretation.
Application for tractor cultivation.
Procedure in dealing with applications.
Notice of demand.
Period within which payment is to be made.
Recovery of outstanding dues as arrears of land revenue.
Delegation.
Rules. P E N A N E W ~ 1949 : East Pb. Act XI] TRACTOR CULTIVATION 409 (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ‘THE. EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949.
East PUuNJAB AcT No. XI oF 1949.
[Received the assent of His Excellency the Governor the 14th April, 1949 ; and first published in t/leon East Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary) of April 18, 1949.]
1 2 3 4 Year No. Short title Whether repealed or otherwise affected by legislation 1949 XI The East Punjab Amended in part by the Adaptation of Tractor Cultivation Laws Order, 1950 - by the Adaptation of ecove f Charges; Amended in part (Recoods ° 75%5) Laws (Third Amendment) Oider, 1951 Act, 1949 T :
Amended in part by Punjab Act XXIV of 19532 Extended to the territories which, immediatcly beforethe 1st Novembers 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States I‘Jgnsiggs, by Punjab Act XVII of Amended by the Punjab Reorganisation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on ' ?gt%? and Concurrent Subjects) Order, [ 2 1] f Objects 2nd Reasons, see Bast Punjab Government Gazette (mg;i';t’emcnt fSB ;Jfor pr ings in the Assembly , see Bast Punjab Legislative ‘Ascembly Debates, Volume T, 1949, pages (24) 12—75.
Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette . tement of *For Statomt * 1653, page 535. ect ( Extraordinary), dated 16th April sFor Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1958, pase 546 K.
410 TRACTOR CULTIVATION [1949: Eagt Ph. gq (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) XL An Act to provide for the cultivation of certain areq, means of tractors by the Department of Agricultyy, '[Punjab], and for the recovery of the chargeg in respect of such cultivation, It is hereby enacted as follows :— Short title ang 1. (J) This Act may be called the East Py extent. Tractor Cultivation (Recovery of Charges) Act, 1’949},)unjab
(2) It extends to the whole of the [Union Territory of Chandigarh]. - Interpretations. 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnan; 1n the subject or context,— (@) “ cultivator” means a person who actually cultivates the soil himself or through memberg of his household, or gets it cultivated by hired labour or by a tenant ;
(b) ““director” means the Director of Agriculture, 3[Union Territory of Chandigarh] ;
(c) “prescribed’”” means prescribed by rules made - under this Act ;
*® # 3 * * ‘[(d) “tractor” means a tractor owned by or work- ed under the control of the Department of oo Agriculture, $[Union Territory of Chandigarh): [*[(e)] “tractor cultivation” means any agricultural operation carried on with the help of tractors such as ploughing, horrowing, discing, sowing, or harvesting and includes any other operation for the purpose of reclaiming banjar land];
(f) “tractor cultivation charges” means the charges recoverable on account of tractor cultivation.
iSubstituted for the words “East Punjab” by the Adaptation of Laws (Third Amendment) Order, 1951.
*Substituted for the words “State of Punjab” by the jab Reorganisatioc (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State ané Congmnmwm) Order, 1968- 3Substituted for the word “Punjab* by ipid, .
uent *Clause () omitted by Punjab Act, XXIVof 1953, section 2 and subsed clauses (), (/) and (g) relettered as (d), te) ad (1 " SSubstituted for the old clause by Punjab by Act, XXIV of 1953, section 2 (- 1949 : East Pb. Act XL] 1pacrop CULTIVATION 4]] (RECOVERY OF CHARGES)
3. () Any cultivator may in_ writing t0 the Director for ha operation performed by tractors on | it.
make an application Application for ving any agricultuml Tractor Cultivation, his land or any part of
(2) Such application shall be accompanied - posit,made in the prescribed manner, of ! p ne by @ de tra¢1:tor cultivation charges according to the ™ prescribed scale :
Provided' that— (I) in exceptional cases, Director may require only such part as he may specify of the full cultiva- ?on charges to be deposited with the applica- ion.
1( 2) A* * * *
4. (I) If the Director accepts an application made Procedure in under section 3 he shall ta C ] ke all steps necessary in con- dealing with appli. nection therewith.
(2) In case such application is rejected, any deposit made with the application shall be refunded in ~the pres- cribed manner to the applicant.
S. As soon as may be after the tractor cultivation Notice of demand. has been completed, the Director shall in respect of such cultivation serve on the cultivator a notice of demand . specifying the amount due from him after taking into account the deposit, if any, made by him.
°[6. A cultivator whose land has been brought Period within Which under tractor cultivation shall, within one month or such Payment is 10 further time as may be allowed from the date of the receipt of the notice of demand under section 5, deposit in the prescribed manner the amount specified in that notice or in such other manner and in such instalments as may be allowed in this behalf.]
. 1The word “full’’ and proviso (2) omitted by Punjab Act, XXIVof 1953, Section 3 (1) and ().
2Substituted for the old section by ibid, section 4.
412 TRACTOR CULTIVATION [1949 : East py, Ao (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) I Recovery of 7. If any cultivator fails to make payment SPegi, outstanding dues : ion 6, the sum due from him = shall be reco asarrears of and fied in section 6, - enue Ver. revenue, able as arrears of land rev 3 Delegation. 8. The Director may delegate any or g of egation powers and functions under the Act to any officer (‘)Sr the 1[Central Government.]
Rules 9. (1) The [Central Government] may by DOtificy.
tion make 2rules for the purposes of carrying into effoct the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to he generality of the foregoing power, the '[Central Govery. ment] may make rules regulating or determining all or any of the following maters :— (@) the mode of making a deposit under sub- section (2) of section 3 ;
(h) the scale of tractor cultivation charges
(c) the mode of making a refund under sub- section (2) of section 4 ;
(d) the manner of making payment under FOEE R E ¥ section 6.
1Substituted for the words “State Govern neat : " by the Punjab Reorganisation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concu: o4 " rrent Subjects) Order, 1968.
) -For rulcs, see East Punjab Government notifi i . 1581-Agr-49/125, dated 8th Scptember, 1949, TNotification No. 1581-Agr-49/.
*The words, figures and brackets “syb i i o i ji =section (1) or sub-section (2) omitted by Punjab Act XXIV of 1953, section 5, all be deemed tohave come into force on 16th April, 1953 5. Act XXIV of 1953, sh