(1) A tenant who has cleared and brought under cultivation waste land shall, if ejected from that land, be entitled to receive from the landowner as compensation for disturbance, in addition to any compensation for improvements a sum to be determined by a Revenue Court of Revenue Officer in accordance with the merits of the case, but not exceeding five year’s rent of the land:
Provided that a tenant who is a joint owner of land to which this section applies shall not be entitled to compensation for disturbance on ejectment from the land or any part thereof.
(2) If rent bas been paid for land by division or appraisement of the produce or by rates fixed with reference to the nature of the crops grown, or if no rent, or no rent other than the land revenue of the land and the rates and cesses chargeable thereon, has been paid therefor, the compensation may be computed as if double the amount of the land revenue of the land were the 25 H.P. TENANCY AND LAND REFORMS ACT, 1972 annual rent thereof:
Provided that in any estate of which the assessment has been confirmed on or after the last settlement the compensation may be computed as if four times the amount of the land revenue of the land were the annual rent thereof.
Procedure in determining compensation