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Section 6: Non-transferability and non-heritability of lease.

The Maharashtra Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2017.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 28 of 2023

(1) Leases under this Act shall not be heritable and the rights of the Lessee Cultivator granted under the lease shall not be transferable except as provided in the lease agreement.

(2) In the event of death of Land Owner - Lessor, the Lessee Cultivator shall continue to cultivate the land leased in for the remaining lease period, unless the Lessee Cultivator and the heirs of Land Owner - Lessor agree to end the lease agreement early by mutual consent. In case of land leased out by multiple Land Owners - Lessors, as long as one of the original Land Owners is alive, the lease agreement shall stand.

(3) If there is single Lessee Cultivator who dies, the land shall revert to the Land Owner - Lessor, at the end of the crop year, unless the Land Owner - Lessor and heirs of such deceased Lessee Cultivator mutually agree to continue the lease. In case the Lessee Cultivator has included the name(s) of his or her son(s) or daughter(s) as a co-Lessee in the lease agreement, the surviving co-Lessee shall be entitled to continue the lease for the remaining lease period or any mutually agreed extended lease period.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2017.
Section6
Marginal noteNon-transferability and non-heritability of lease.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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