Commutation of khot’s dues.

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(1) A quasidharekari or a permanent tenant or a tenant of khoti nisbat land shall be liable to pay the commuted value of the khot’s dues which were payable by him immediately before the coming into force of this Act in respect of the land held by him. Such commuted value shall be estimated and paid in the manner prescribed in sub-sections (2) and (3).
(2) The Mamlatdar shall give notice in the prescribed manner to the persons referred to in sub-section (1) and the khot, and after holding a formal enquiry shall determine the amount of the commuted value of the khot’s dues : Provided that the amount of commuted value shall not exceed three times the amount of the khot’s dues, if payable in cash or three times the value of such dues if payable in kind, subject to the maximum of a sum equal to six times the survey assessment of the land, or if the khot’s dues are payable in crop-share, three times the commuted value of such dues reckoned in the manner provided for in sub-section (3).
(3) In estimating the commuted value of the khot’s dues payable in crop-share, a third crop-share shall be held as equivalent to two multiples of survey assessment fixed on the land and any other cropshare as a proportional multiple of such assessment : Provided that the commuted value of the produce payable on any warkas land actually used for the purpose of rab manure in connection with rice cultivation shall be held as equivalent to one survey assessment of such land.

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