The EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949

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    "title": "The EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949",
    "short_title": "The EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949",
    "act_number": "11",
    "act_year": 1949,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Chandigrah",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "1949-04-18",
    "description": "The EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949",
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    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1 Short title and extent",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. This Act may be called the East PunjabTractor Cultivation (Recovery of Charges) Act, 1949}\r\n (2) It extends to the whole of the [Union Territory of Chandigarh].",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant; in the subject or context,—\r\n",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition (a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) “cultivator” means a person who actually cultivates the soil himself or through member of his household, or gets it cultivated by hired labour or by a tenant;\r\n",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition (b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": " (b) ““director” means the Director of Agriculture, 3[Union Territory of Chandigarh] ; \r\n",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition (c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) “prescribed’”” means prescribed by rules made - under this Act ; \r\n",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition (d)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[(d) “tractor” means a tractor owned by or work- ed under the control of the Department of Agriculture, [Union Territory of Chandigarh)\r\n",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition (e)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[(e)] “tractor cultivation” means any agricultural operation carried on with the help of tractors such as ploughing, harrowing, discing, sowing, or harvesting and includes any other operation for the purpose of reclaiming Banjar land];\r\n",
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            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 Definition (f)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(f) “tractor cultivation charges” means the charges recoverable on account of tractor cultivation. ",
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            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3 Application for Tractor Cultivation",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. () Any cultivator may in_\r\noperation writing t0 the Director for ha performed by tractors on | it.\r\nmake an application Application for ving any agricultuml Tractor Cultivation, his land or any part of\r\n(2) Such application shall be accompanied posit,made - tra¢1:tor cultivation in the prescribed manner, of ! p ne by @ de scale : charges according to the ™ prescribed\r\nProvided' that—\r\n(I) in exceptional cases, Director may require only such part as he may specify of the full cultivator charges to be deposited with the application.\r\n1( 2) A* * * * ",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4 Procedure in dealing with applications.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) If the Director accepts an application made\r\nunder section 3 he shall take all steps necessary in connection therewith.\r\n(2) In case such application is rejected, any deposit\r\nmade with the application shall be refunded in the prescribed manner to the applicant.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5 Notice of demand.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "As soon as may be after the tractor cultivation has Notice of demand.\r\nbeen completed, the Director shall in respect of such cultivation serve on the cultivator a notice of demand specifying the amount due from him after taking into account\r\nthe deposit, if any, made by him.\r\n",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6 Period within which payment is to be made.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2[6. A cultivator whose land has been brought under\r\ntractor cultivation shall, within one month or such further\r\ntime as may be allowed from the date of the receipt of the\r\nnotice of demand under section 5, deposit in the prescribed\r\nmanner the amount specified in that notice or in such\r\nother manner and in such instalments as may be allowed\r\nin this behalf].\r\n",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7 Recovery of outstanding dues as arrears of a land revenue",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "7. If any cultivator fails to make payment as spec?fied in section 6, the sum due from him shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8 Delegation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "8. The Director may delegate any or all of his\r\npowers and functions under the Act to any officer of the 1[State] Government.\r\n",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9 Rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "9. (1) The ¹[State] Government may by notification\r\nmake 2 rules for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.\r\n(2) In particular and without prejudice to the\r\ngenerality of the foregoing power, the [State] Government may make rules regulating or determining all or any of the following matters:-\r\n(a) the mode of making a deposit under subsection (2) of section 3;\r\n(b) the scale of tractor cultivation charges;\r\n(c) the mode of making a refund under sub-section (2) of section 4;\r\n(d) the manner of making payment under ** 3 ** section 6.\r\n",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        }
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "194911",
        "Act Number": "11",
        "Enactment Date": "1949-04-18",
        "Act Year": "1949",
        "Short Title": "The EAST PUNJAB TRACTOR CULTIVATION (RECOVERY OF CHARGES) ACT, 1949",
        "Department": "Department of Agriculture",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Chandigarh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:37"
}