(1) Every dispute between a bargadar and the owner whose land the bargadar cultivates with regard to any of the following matters, namely
(a) the division or delivery of the produce;
(b) the priority of the right to supply plough-cattle, plough, other agricultural implements or manure or to bear any other expenses of cultivation;
(c) the termination of or the restoration to cultivation of such land by the bargadar;
(d) the place of thrashing or the place of delivery of the owner's share of the produce, shall be decided by a Board established for the local area within which such land is situated.
(2) In deciding any dispute referred to in sub-section
(1), a Board shall observe the provisions of sections 3, 4 and
5.
Explanation.—Where there is an agreement under clause (1) of section 3, a Board shall consider whether such agreement was made by the free consent of the parties thereto and shall disregard such agreement if it is satisfied that consent to such agreement was caused by coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake.
(3) The decision of a Board shall be embodied in the form of an award where the dispute is in respect of the division of the produce and shall in other cases be in the form of an order.
8. Where a Board established for a local area within which the land which a bargadar cultivates is situated, is satisfied that necessary steps igay not be taken by the bargadar or the owner as the case may be, for harvesting or thrashing any crop in proper time, it may of its own motion or on the application of the aggrieved party cause such crop to be harvested or thrashed at the expense of the defaulting party and may order such expense to be recovered from the defaulting party in such manner as may be prescribed.