10. Section 42J of the principal enactment as amended by Act, No. 39 of 1981, is hereby further amended as follows :-
| (a) by the repeal of sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2A) of that section, and the substitution of the following sub-paragraph therefore :-
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| | | (A) in the case of estate land planted with tea, rubber or coconut, a sum calculated on the basis of the average annual yield per acre from the acreage in production of such estate land for the three accounting years immediately preceding the date on which such estate land was vested in the Commission, so however, that where the average annual yield per acre of such estate land is equal to an amount specified in Column I thereto, the sum payable in respect of each acre of such estate land in production shall be equal to the sum specified in the corresponding entry in Column II hereto. |
| (B) in the case of estate land planted with cocoa, cinnamon, pepper, paddy or any other agricultural product, a sum calculated at the rate of Rs. 2,000 for each acre of such estate land in production ; |
| (C) in the case of estate land which had been prepared for planting or replanting on the date on which such estate land was vested in the Commission but which had not been planted or replanted with any agricultural product on that date, a sum calculated at the rate of Rs. 1,000 for each acre of such estate land ; |
| (D) in the case of estate land which had been planted with any agricultural product specified in Column I hereto on the date on which land was vested in the Commission but which was not in production on that date, a sum calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in Column II hereto for each acre of such estate land- |
| (E) in the case of uncultivated estate land, a sum calculated at the rate of Rs. 75 for each acre of such estate land.; |
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| (b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, by the Commission, of the expressions paddy and Rs. 2,000 appearing under Column I and Column II respectively of that paragraph ; |
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| (c) in paragraph (c) of that subsection, by the substitution, for all the words from No amount computed, to each acre of such estate land.: of the following :- |
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| (d) by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section and the substitution of the following subsection therefore :
| | (5) The provisions of sections 29 to 40 (both inclusive) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in respect of estate lands vested in the Commission under this Part of this Law and the payment of compensation in respect if such estate lands.. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts