Bare ActsThe west bengal land reforms act, 1955

Section 17

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( 1 ) No person shall bc entillcd to lcrminare cultivation oi his of cu(~ivation bfli;6r,dr,r, land by a borgudar except in execution or an ordcr, made by such officer or aulhority as the SLalc Government may appoin~, on onc or more of the following grounds:- (a) (ha1 [he bargadar has without any rcnsonable cause railed to cullivale [he land, * + * or has used it fqr any purposc othcr lhan agriculture; (b) [ha1 the land is not cullivatcd by thc burgador personally; ?(c) that ~ h c bargntlar has failed to tender or dcposit to h e full extent the share or rhc producc as required by sub-sccrion (2), or sub-scction (4). as the case may bc, or scction 16: Provided tliat no ordcr lor he ~crmination of cultivation, madc on lhc ground specified in [his clausc, shall bc given eflecl to i1 the bargador dclivers to h e person, rvhose land hc cul~vales, h e share of the producc due 10 such person, or pays to him he market price ~hcreor, wilhin such dme and in such insralmcnrs as thc officer or authori!y making ~ h c ordcr may, having regard to all [he circumstances of h e case. specify in this bchalf. (d) that the person owning thc land requires it bor~a f d e for bringing it under personal cultivation: 'Provided rha~ the person owning the land shall be entitled lo terminate culBva~ion by a bargadar of only so much of land as, togcthcr wilh any other land in lhc pcrsonal cultivation of such person, does not exceed 3.00 hectares: 3Provided furlher that such pcrson shall not be enutlcd to so tcrminale culrivarion by a. bargador as to reduce the aggrcgale area of the land culrivnrcd by h e bargadar to less than 1 .OO hectare. fipla~~a!iotr.-ln delermining the areas specified in the foreioing provisos no transfcr of land made after ~ h c i : . . commenccmenl of ihe West Bcngal Land Reforms Presidenl's i (Amendment) Act, 1970, shall be lakcn into account. Acr 16 of , .

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