Assam Dadans Act, 1944
No: 7 Dated: Apr, 12 1944
THE ASSAM DADANS ACT, 1944
ASSAM ACT VII OF 1944
An Act to gather information about, and sellle claims in respect of dadanr nr advances to cultivators on crops.
Preamble:- WHEREAS it is expedient to provide by law that information be furnished to Government in respect of certain advances made to cultivators and receivers of rent in kind and for the method of disbursement of the p rice of certain food-gra ins purchased or requisitioned from such person.
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Title, extent, commencement and duration:- (1) This Act may be called the Assam Dadans Act, 1944.
(2) It extends to the whole of Assam, and, save as provided in section 3, shall come into force at once.
(3) It shall remain in force for two years ;
Provided that the Provincial Government may, with the approval of the Legislaturc, by notification in the official Gazette, extend its duration from time to time, for a period not exceeding one year on each occasion.
2. Definition:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "cultivator" means a person who has land which he cultivates either himself or through labourers.
Explanation.-A person who bas a share in land which he cultivates eiFher himself or through labourers is a cultivator within the above definition.
(b) "dadan" means any sum of money advanced under an agreement, in writing or as customary between the parties that such sum of money will be repaid by delivery or food-grams or adjusted against the price of food-grains to be delivered later.
(c) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which a cultivator or receiver of rent in kind has his land.
(d) "food-grain licensee" means a person in whose favour a licence issued under the Food-Grain Control Order, 1942 is in force.
(e) "food-grains" means any of the food-grains specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
(f) "land" means agricultural land.
(g) "prcscribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
(h) "receiver or rent in kind" means a person who, having let out to one or more r-ersons land or a share in land for which rent in kind is payable to him, either has or may reasonably expect to have as such rent not less than one hundred maunds of food· grains in one year.
(i) "rent in kind" means rent payable in food-grains.
3. Application:- The provision ol this Act shall not apply to food grains other than rice in the husk and rice husked unless the Provincial Government, by notification in the ofticial Gazelle, extends its application to other food-grains.