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(1) No holder of any land, which has been under cultivation with any food crop for a continuous period of three years immediately before the commencement of this Order, shall convert or attempt to convert or utilise or attempt to utilise such land for the cultivation of any other food crop or for any other purpose except under and in accordance with the terms of a written permission given by the Collector. [Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-clause and sub-clause (2), removal of tree-growth, whether partial or total, on any land cultivated with cardamom shall be deemed to be an attempt to convert or utilise such land for a purpose other than cultivation of cardamom. (2) No holder of any land who cultivates any land with any food crop for a continuous period of three years at any time after the commencement of this Order shall, after the said period of three years, convert or attempt to convert or utilise or attempt to utilise such land for the cultivation of any other food crop or for any other purpose except under and in accordance with the terms of a written permission given by the Collector: [Provided that except in the case of lands under cardamom cultivation, no permission under sub-clause (1) or sub-clause (2), shall be necessary where the cultivation for which the land is converted or attempted to be converted or attempted to be converted or utilised or attempted to be utilised is paddy cultivation or fish culture: Provided further that the lands under cultivation of paddy should not be converted or attempted to be converted or utilised or attempted to be utilised for fish culture permanently, but only seasonally]. Added by S. R. O. No. 293/77 dt. 01/04/1977, published in K. G. Ext. No. 210 dt. 06/04/1977. Substituted by S. R. O. No. 240/86, published in K. G. Ext. No. 146 dt. 12/02/1986. Prior to substitution it read as under: "Provided that [except in the case of lands under cardamom cultivation] no permission under sub-clause (1) or sub-clause (2) shall be necessary were the cultivation for which the land is converted or attempted to be converted or utilised or attempted to be utilised is paddy cultivation."