(1) No farmer shall sow nursery of paddy before 10" Day of May of the agricultural No farmer to sow or transplant addy before the .
e tified date Official Gazette for any local area.
year or such other date as may be notified by the State Government by notification in the
Explanation — For the purpose of this section, ‘agricultural year’ means the year commencing on the 16" day of June or on such other date, as may be appointed by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette for any local area.
(2) No farmer shall transplant paddy before such date, as may be notified in this regard by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (/) and (2), the provisions of this section, shall not be applicable to-
(a) any research project of the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana;
(b) any other Research Institute, as may be declared by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(c) any water logged area, as may be declared by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
Explanation — For the purpose of this clause, the term ‘water logged area’ means an area, having depth to water table less than one metre below the ground level; and
(d) any other method of paddy crop, as may be declared by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette.
Power to enter 4. The authorised officer or his subordinate, servant or workman shall have the power to into estate enter into the estate of any farmer for the purpose of surveying the area to assess the violation of the provisions of this Act.
Explanation- The term ‘estate’ shall have the same meaning as has been assigned to it under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887.
5. The authorised officer, either swo motto or on the information brought to his notice Power to issue regarding the violation of any provision of this Act, shall be competent to issue directions to directions the farmer, who has violated any provision of this Act to destroy the nursery of paddy or sown or transplanted before the notified date.
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6. Incase, a farmer does not act as per the directions of the authorised officer given under the section 5, the authorised shall cause such nursery of paddy, or sown or Power to destroy the nursery of paddy or transplanted paddy and recover expenses transplanted paddy, as the case may be, to be destroyed at the expenses of such farmer.