Section 17: Duties and functions of the Assistant Civil Administrator

For the purpose of this Act, the following shall be the duties and functions to be performed by the Assistant Civil Administrator, namely:—

(a) to decide whether a person is a proprietor;

(b) to decide whether a person is an agricultural labourer;

(c) to decide whether a person is a cultivating tenant;

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(d) to decide the amount of rent recoverable from the proprietor under section 3;

(e) to decide the homesteads, buildings and structures together with land appurtenant thereto and the lands under personal cultivation which are deemed to be re-granted to the proprietor under section 4;

(f) to determine the land in respect of which occupancy rights are conferred under section 8 and the person on whom they are conferred;

(g) to take measures for restoration of land to the cultivating tenant under section 7 and to recover compensation from the proprietor payable by him under sub-section (3) of that section;

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(h) to decide such other matters as may be referred to him by or under this Act.