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Liability of lands for payment of land revenue from the appointed date.— (1) All lands, the rights, title and interest of which have vested in the Government of Goa under section 3 shall, on and from the appointed date, be liable to the payment of land revenue to the Government in accordance with the revenue survey and settlement of land revenue conducted/made for the said purpose: Provided that until the revenue survey and settlement of land revenue of such lands are made, the land revenue payable in respect of such lands shall be,— (i) in case where any such land is held for the purpose of cultivation by a cultivating tenant, be one- twentieth of the rent or where the rent is in kind, the cash equivalent (which shall be determined as hereinafter provided) of one-twentieth of the rent payable by the cultivating tenant to the proprietor immediately before the 20th December, 1961; (ii) in case of any other land stated in section 4, be calculated at such rate or rates as the Collector may fix having regard to the rent payable immediately before the 20th December, 1961, for such or similar land: Provided further that the amount of land revenue payable under the preceding proviso shall, in no case, exceed rupees twenty-five per hectare in the case of jirait land, rupees fifty per hectare in the case of paddy land and rupees seventy-five per hectare in the case of garden land. Explanation:— (i) “paddy land” means land used for the cultivation of paddy; -5- (ii) “garden land” means land irrigated by a well, tank, canal, river, nala or any other source of water and used for the cultivation of fruits including coconuts, areca nuts or vegetables; (iii) “jirait land” means land other than a paddy or a garden land. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Collector shall publish in the Official Gazette on the 1st January of each year the price of paddy or other crop which shall be adopted for determining the cash equivalent of the rent for that year.