Section 3. Amendment of section 3 of Assam Act III of 1935

For sub-section (17) of section 3 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely—

"(17) 'Maximum rent or rate of rent' of agricultural holdings or part thereof, held on cash rent means a sum representing three times the revenue rate. Where agricultural holdings or part thereof are held on produce rent, 'maximum rent' means one-fourth of the actual produce thereof."