(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 22, there shall be one or more Dharmagolas to be set up by the Project Director in such manner as may be provided by regulations in which shall be stored all items of agricultural production received from the cultivators as voluntary contribution together with all other receipts referred to in section 24.
(2) The Project Director may advance loan of any item of agricultural production from such Dharmagolas to persons in distress residing within the notified area subject to such terms and conditions as may be provided by regulations.
24. Notwithstanding anything contained in the West Bengal Utilisation of Land for Production of Food Crops Act, 1969, the Project Director shall have all the powers of a Collector under the said Act and the share due to the Collector amounting to ten per cent of the gross produce of any land requisitioned under that Act within a notified area shall be deposited in the Dharmagola set up under sub-section (1) of section 23.
25. Where any land is cultivated by a bargadar, sharing of the crop between an owner and a bargadar shall be according to the provisions of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955.
26. The Corporation may by order delegate to the Project Director such of its powers and functions as it considers necessary or expedient.