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(l) Betterment chargesin any area,on the of better. lands under irrigable command shall be payable on men t, the 15th day of April of the year next after the one bettermen± charg es to following the Kharif seasonin which irrigation charge d facilities are first provided for the area from the on land next scheme or two months after the date of the award '0 laad revenue• under section 6 whichever is later. Persons to pay the chargesshall pay the samein one lump sum or exercise in the prescribed manner their option of making payments in instalments. (2) The number of such instalments and the manner of pxyment thereof shall be as follows : — (a) The first two instalments shall each be one-thirtieth of the charges, the balance being payable in fourteen further instalments of one-fifteenth of the chiarzes each. (b) The first instalment shall fall due on the date on which the charges become first payable under sub-section (l) and each subsequent instalment shall become payable each year on thé date one year after the due date of payment of the last preceding instalment. (c) No interest shall be chargeable on any arrears of instalment ; but interest at the rate of 4å per centper.annum shall be payable on the due date of payment of any instalment on the balance of the betterment charges remaining unpaid by the said date : Provided that any one or more of such instal• mentßmay be paid in advance of the date on which the payment of such instalment falls due together with interest at the rate of per cent per annum on the balance of the charges remaining unpaid by the date of such payment. Searchable PDF created by OCR.space (Free Version) Betterment charges on newly reclaimed Iond. omis8iong and ugpeuai on s. (3)Anysumslawfully due underthis Act by wayof bettermentohbrgesShalltake priority overall otherchargespayablein respectof the land except land revenueandshall be deemedto that extent to be chargeon the land and shall be recoverableasan arrear of land revenue. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section,the State Governmentmoy allow the owner of the land on which bettermentchargesmay be payableto relinquishthe whole or any part of the land or deliver in exchangein favour of the State Governmen t onsuchconditionsasmaybe prescribed by rules : Provided that no such relinquishmentor exchangeshall be permitted unless the land is froe from encumbrances.