KARACHI, Sept 22: The governor of Sindh has promulgated the Sindh Tenancy (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 which will come into force at once.

In the Sindh Tenancy Act, 1950, in section 2:

(i) for clause (3) except the explanation, the following shall be substituted — (3) “Landlord” (“Zamindar”) means a person under whom a tenant holds land for cultivation, or a lessee of such landlord.”

(ii) clause (6)(7) and (8) shall be omitted

(iii)in clause (16) for the words “Sindh Land revenue Code, 1879” the words “Sindh Land Revenue Act” shall be substituted.

In the said Act, in section 3, the following shall be substituted — “3- there shall be for the purpose of this Act, only one class of tenants namely, permanent tenants”.

In the said Act, in section 4, in clause (i), for the word “three”, the word “two” shall be substituted.

In the said Act in section 6:

(i) in the sub-section (I) for the word “three”, the word “two” and for the figure “1948”, the figure “2002” shall be substituted.

(ii) sub-section (2) shall be omitted.

In the said Act, section 8, 14 and 16 shall be omitted.

In the said Act, after section 15, the heading “CHAPTER III” and sub-heading “Tenants generally” shall be omitted.

In the said Act, after section 22, in sub-section (I), for the words commonly known as “Begar” from any of his tenants, the words “or beggar from his tenant or any member of the family of the tenant” shall be substituted.

In the said Act, in section 23:

(i) in clause (a) for the comma and the words “manual labour and the implements of husbandry “the words” and “manual labour” shall be substituted and the semi colon at the end shall be replaced by colon and thereafter the following proviso shall be added.

“Provided that in case of use of mechanical equipment or machinery for ploughing, levelling, weeding, harvesting, threshing or other work including carriage or transport of farm inputs and produce, the expenses shall be calculated at the prevalent market rates and shall be borne equally by the landlord and the tenant”.

(ii) clauses (e) and (f) shall be omitted.

In the said Act, in section 24:

(ii) In clause (a), for the words “feed the tenant at his own cost”, the words “adequately compensate the tenant in cash” shall be substituted.

(ii) in clause (b), between the words “water” and the word “to” the words “including lift and tube well” shall be inserted.

(iii)for clause (c), the following shall be substituted.

“(c) he shall be responsible for payment of land revenue, water rate, Zakat, Ushr and other taxes, Cess, surcharge and levies in respect of the land and for providing seed, and the cost of fertilizer and pesticides shall be borne equally by the landlord and the tenant but the landlord shall not take any free labour from the tenant or a member of his family against his will.

In the said Act, section 25 shall be omitted.

In the said Act, in section 27, for the words “Mukhtiarkar” or “Mahalkari” the words “Deputy District Officer (Revenue)” shall be substituted.

In the said Act, in section 29, in sub-section (I), for the words “Deputy District Officer (Revenue)” the words “District Officer (Revenue)” shall be substituted and the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted.

In the said Act, in section 30,31,32 and 33, for the words “Deputy District Officer (Revenue), the words “District Officer (Revenue)” and for the words District officer (revenue)” the words “Executive District Officer (revenue)” shall be substituted.

In the said Act, in section 36, for the words, “Assistant Collector, Deputy Collectors and Mukhtiarkars”, the words “Executive District Officers (Revenue), District Officers (Revenue) and Deputy District Officers (Revenue)” shall be substituted.—APP