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(1) With effect from the commencement of this Act, every cultivating tenant shall be bound to pay to the landowner and every landowner shall be entitled to collect from the cultivating tenant fair rent payable under this Act. (2) Where the irrigation of any land is irregular, the landowner shall bear the excess water cess proportionate to his share of the produce. (3) Notwithstanding any neglect or failure on the part of the cultivating tenant to raise any crop, the landowner shall be entitled to collect fair rent. (4) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 5, all the cultivation expenses inclusive of cost of seed, ploughing, manuring, harvesting and threshing shall be borne by the cultivating tenant.