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Section 5: Ceiling area.

The Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 67 of 1948

[5. Ceiling area.- (1) For the puposes of this Act, the ceiling area of lands shall be,-

(a) 48 acres of jirayat land, or

(b) 24 acres of seasonally irrigated land or paddy or rice land, or

(c) 12 acres of perennially irrigated land.

(2) Where the land held by a person consists of two or more kinds of land specified in sub-section (1), the ceiling area of such holding shall be determined on the basis of one acre of perennially irrigated land being equal to two acres of seasonally irrigated land or paddy or rice land, or four acres of jirayat land.

[Explanation.- In calculating the ceiling area, warkas land shall be excluded.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act.
Section5
Marginal noteCeiling area.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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