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Section 6: Economic holding.

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

(1) For the purposes of this Act, an economic holding shall be,-

(a) 16 acres of jirayat land, or

(b) 8 acres of seasonally irrigated land, or paddy or rice land, or

(c) 4 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), an economic holding shall be determined on the basis applicable to the ceiling area under sub-section (2) of section 5.

[Explanation.- In calculating an economic holding, warkas land shall be excluded].

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act.
Section6
Marginal noteEconomic holding.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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