PROVINCIAL
ASSEMBLY OF SINDH
NOTIFICATION
KARACHI, THE 1ST APRIL, 2013.
NO.PAS/Legis-B-18/2013-The Sindh Tenancy (Amendment)
Bill, 2013 having been passed by
the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 14th March, 2013 and assented to by
the Governor of Sindh
on 28th March,
2013 is hereby published as an Act of the Legislature of Sindh.
THE SINDH TENANCY
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013.
SINDH ACT NO.
XXXVI OF 2013.
AN
ACT
to amend the Sind Tenancy Act, 1950.
Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend
the Sind Tenancy Act,
1950,
in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is
hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short
title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Sindh Tenancy
(Amendment) Act, 2013.
(2) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment
of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
Throughout the Sind Tenancy Act, 1950,
hereinafter
referred
to as the said Act, for the words “Deputy District Officer
(Revenue)”,
the words “Assistant Commissioner”, for the words
“District
Officer (Revenue)”, the word “Collector” and for the words
“Executive
District Officer (Revenue)”, the word “Commissioner”
shall
be substituted.
3. Amendment
of section 2 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 2 -
(i) in
sub-section(1), after the words “pasture”, the
words
“and includes jagir” shall be omitted;
(ii)
after sub-section (11), the following shall be
inserted:-
“Crop
expenditure” means all kind of amount
necessary
for maintenance and looking after the
water
course, Crops, Khuro and Dero;”.
4. Amendment
of section 17 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 17, after the
words “picking
charges”,
the words “harvesting, threshing and other charges
including
carriage or transport of farm inputs and produce and
expenses
shall be calculated at the prevalent market rate and shall
be
borne equally by the landlord and the tenant” shall be inserted.
5. Amendment
of section 23 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 23, for clause
(a), except the
proviso,
the following shall be substituted:-
“(a) he
shall be responsible for the provision of requisite
animal
labour and manual labour or use of mechanical
equipment
or machinery for ploughing, leveling, weeding
to
enable the crop grown by him to be efficiently
cultivated;”.
6. Amendment
of section 24 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 24, in clause (c),
after the words
“and
the tenant”, the full stop be added and the words “but the
landlord
shall not take any free labour from the tenant or a
member
of his family against his will” shall be omitted.
7. Amendment
of section 28 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 28, in sub-section
(1), for the
words
“by an agent”, the words “by their agent” shall be
substituted.
8. Amendment
of section 30 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 30 -
(i) in
sub-section (1), for the figure “30”, the figure
“29”
shall be substituted and thereafter the words
“on an
application or suo-moto” shall be inserted;
(ii) in
sub-section (2), for the word “Collector”, the word
“Commissioner”
shall be substituted.
9. Amendment
of section 31 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 31 -
(i) in
sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the figure “30”,
the
figure “29” shall be substituted;
(ii) in
sub-section (2), for the figure “30”, the figure
“29”
shall be substituted.
10. Amendment
of section 33 of Sind Act No.XX of 1950.
In the said Act, in section 33, for the figure
“30”, the figure
“29”
and for the figure “31”, the figure “30” shall be substituted.
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BY ORDER OF THE SPEAKER
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH
G.M.UMAR FAROOQ
ACTING SECRETARY
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH
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