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Section 9: Rights and responsibilities of Land owner - Lessor

The Mizoram Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2021State Act of Mizoram · Act 6 of 2021

The Land owner - Lessor :-

(a) shall put the Lessee Cultivator in possession of the leased-out l and on the first day of the lease and shall not interfere with the Lessee Cultivator’s use and possession thereof so long as the Lessee Cultivator

(i) does not default in the payment of lease amount,

(ii) does not cause damage to the soil health, (iii) does not use the land for purposes other than what is agreed upon in the lease agreement and (iv) does not sublease the land to any other person;

(b) shall receive the agreed lease consideration in either fixed cash or fixed produce or share of produce from the Lessee Cultivator within the agreed time as per the lease agreement;

(c) shall be entitled to automatic resumption of the land on the expiry of the initially agreed lease period or the mutually extended lease period without any encumbrances;

Provided that the discharge of any charge or interest or liability created by the Lessee Cultivator during the lease period shall not be binding on the Land owner - Lessor after expiry of lease period;

(d) shall have the right to resume the leased-out land during the existing lease term only if the written lease agreement so provides, with prior written notice to the Lessee Cultivator, as mutually agreed upon. If the Land owner - Lessor and Lessee Cultivator mutually agree that the Lessee Cultivator needs greater security of tenure, the written lease agreement should clearly specify the period during which no resumption of Land owner - Lessor shall be allowed;

(e) shall be entitled to Govt. support if provided by the Government for long term/permanent damage of the land due to natural calamity or similar;

(f) shall not interrupt any available resource of the land like access to surface water, ground water, pathway, electricity etc if mutually agreed upon by the Lessor and the Lessee and mentioned in the agreement;

(g) shall have the right to terminate the lease if the Lessee Cultivator commits any of the defaults set out under such clause (a) hereof;

(h) shall have the right to alienate the leased-out agricultural land including by way of a sale, gift, mortgage etc. during the currency of the agreed lease period, subject to the condition that such transfer shall not affect in any manner the Lessee Cultivator’s right to cultivate the land until the expiry of the agreed lease period;

(i) shall pay all taxes and cess on the land.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Mizoram Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2021
Section9
Marginal noteRights and responsibilities of Land owner - Lessor
JurisdictionState of Mizoram
StatusIn force as published by the source

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