The Odisha Agricultural Year Act, 1963

TheOdisha Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHEDBYAUfHORffY 1[0RISSA AGRICULTURAL YEAR ACT, 1963] [Received the assent of the Governor on the 11th October 1963,jirst published in an extraordi­ nary issue of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 19th November 1963] AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE AN UNIFORM AGRICULTURAL YEAR FOR THE STATE OF 0RISSA Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Orissa in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- 1.(J) This Act may be called the Orissa Agricul- Short title, extent and tural Year Act, 1963. commence- (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Orissa. (3) It shall come into force2 on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in that behalf. ment. 2. It is hereby declared that with effect from the The Agrieul- date of commencement of this Act- tura1. year ::ind its eom- (a) the year commencing on the first day of April shall be the agricultural year, any­ thing in any law to the contrary notwith­ standing; (b) all references in any law to a fasli year, amlj year or revenue year or any other agricul­ tural year, howsoever defined, designated or locally known, and all such references, in the absence of an intention to the c·ontrary, in any contract, deed or instru~ ment shall be construed as references to the year specified in clause (a). 1. For th!.' Sta!crnenf'of Objects and,Reasons. see OrisM Gazerre, Eittra~ ordinary, dated (he 22nd ~epternber 1963 (No. 570). 2. Came into Corce'iwith effect froin the I~t April 1965. ~ick Notlfkn!ion No. 9Sl7·L.R'.-4/65·R., dated the I21h. February !965, put lished in the Orimi Gaultt:, Extranrdlnary, dated the l!lth February 1965 (No. 187 ). menccmen!. 772 THE ORISSA AGRICULTURAL YEAR AcT, 1963 [Or. Act 24 (Sec. 3) ExPlanation-"Law'' includes any rule, order, n otifica ti on, practice, custom and usage b a vi ng the force of 1aw. P!.ymcnt of 1[3. Notwithstanding anything contained in any l<'nd rcvcn~c other law, and in the absence of any contract in ;ind rent m 't• t th t instniuient~. Wrl mg 0 e Con rary- (1) all land revenue in respect of any land payble during the ilgricuJtural year specified in clause (a) of section 2 and all rent payable during the said year in respect of any land held for agricultural purposes shall- (i) if payable in cash, be paid in two instalments falling due on the fifteenth day of December and the first day of March respectively of the said year: Provided that not less than one-third of such land revenue or such rent, as tbc case may be, shall be paid on or before the date on which the first instalment falls due; (ii) if payable in kind otherwise than in produca be paid in one instalment falling due on the first day of March of the said year; (iii) if payable in produce, be paid in one instalment falling due on the last day of the month immediately following the month during which the crop is harvestec! of the said year; (2) on any default being ma<;Ie in payment of land revenue or rent on the date or dates specified in clause {l) such land revenue or rent or as the case may be, such portion thereof to which the default relates shall carry simple interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from the date of default. Explanation-"Law" has the same meaning as in section 2; and "interest" where land revenue or rent is payable in kind means the interest reckoned on the basis of the prevailing market valu~.] I. ln~crtcd by lbc Orissa Agricultural Year (Amcndmc;i1) Ac!, 1964 (Or. !\cl 16 or 1964), ~. 2. of 1963] THE ORISSA AGRICULTURAL YEAR AcT, 1963 773 (Secs. 4-5) . '[4] (1) Nothing containe~ i~ sectio~ 2 2 [ or Adjustment section 3] shall be deemed to prc1ud1ce any nghts and or ri~t~. liabilities subsisting on the date of commencement of~i~.:iablli­ this Act. {2) Subject to-the provisions of sub-section (1) the aforesaid rights and liabilities in so far as they concern the State Government and relate to a period subsequent to the date aforesaid, shall in accordance with any general or spe~ial order made by the State Government or, subject to their control, by any officer or authority empowered in that behalf, be liable to be adjusted and given effect to 3 [ as if the provisions of this Act applied] in respect of such rights and liabilities. 4[5J If any difficulty arises ht giving effect to the Elemowu ot provisions of this Act, par~icularly in relation to "t;be difficulties. transition from 5[any law over-ridden by this Act to the provisions of this Act), the State Government may, by general or special order, do anything not inconsistent with such provisioJ)s which appears to l)e necessary .· or e·xpedient for the purpose for removing the difficµlty. I. Rt-numbered by the Qrissa Agricultural Year (Amendment} ,\Cl' 1964 Or. Act 16 of 1964). s. J, · 2. Inserted by ibid., s. 3 (i). 3. Substilutcd by ibid., s. J (ii). 4. Re-numbered by the Orissa. Agricullural Year (Amendment Act 1964 Or. Act 16 of 1964), s. 4. ' s. Substiluted by ibid. Short !ilk. Amendment of section 3. 92 ORISSA ACT 31 OF _1992 * THE ORISSA AGRICULTURAL YEAR {AMENDMENI') ACT, 1992 (Received the asset1t- of the Go1•ern.or on. the 23rd November 1992 fir.11 published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 27th No1•embe1' 1992] AN ACT Ft.JRTHBR TO AMEND THE ORIS.SA AGRICULTURAL YBAR ACT, 1963. BB it enacted by the legislature -of the State of Orissa ill the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. This Act may bc~callcd the Orissa Agricultural Year (Amendment) Act.1992. 2. Jn the Orissa Agricultural Year Act, 1963, in: sub-section (2) of section 3. for the words "six: perccntum'', the words ~·twelve percentum" shall be substituted. ,. FoI" !he Bi\!, sec ·Or;ssa Gazette, Exu:iordinary da!cu the IOlh March -1992 (No. 350) •• For Report of the Sdcct Committee see OriJsa Gazelle, E1'lraordinary, dated the 17th October 1992 {No. 1403) Orissn Act Z4 0£ 1963, 1963OR24.pdf 1992OR31.pdf