Publication of list of prices

1. (1) The Collector shall publish in the months of January, April, July and October every year in the Official Gazette the average market price of the main crops during the immediately preceding three months at the headquarters of each region.
2. (2) Where, for the payment of fair rent by a cultivating tenant to whom the

provisions of this Act apply, the cash value of any crop has to be fixed, such value

shall be fixed –-

1. (a) in the case of any of the crops referred to in sub-section (1), at the market price last published under sub-section (1) before the date when such fair rent became payable;
2. (b) in the case of any other crop at such rate as may be agreed upon

between the landowner and the cultivating tenant and in the case of disagreement

as may be deemed fair and reasonable by the Rent Court.