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The Goalpara Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1970

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The Goalpara Tenancy Amendment Act 1970 regulates agricultural tenancy and sharecropping agreements in the Goalpara district of Assam. It applies to landlords and sharecroppers, legally recognizing these cultivators as tenants rather than mere hired laborers. This matters because it provides vital legal protections to vulnerable farmers by capping a landlord's maximum crop share at one-fifth of the harvest, safeguarding tenants during crop failures, and granting them official tenant status. Additionally, the amendment replaces older agricultural laws by moving disputes from local boards to formal civil courts, thereby systematizing rent disputes and ensuring fairer legal recourse for all local cultivators.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Amendment of section 4 of Assam Act 1 of 1929
  3. 3. Amendment of section 6 of Assam Act I of 1929
  4. 4. Insertion of new sections in Assam Act I of 1929

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