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Padi Cultivators (Control of Rent and Security of Tenure) Act 1967 s 9

Padi Cultivators (Control of Rent and Security of Tenure) Act 1967 s 9

s 9

Notwithstanding anything contained in any tenancy agreement such agreement shall be subject to the following implied conditions: (a) the landlord shall pay any quit rent, rates, charges and other outgoings payable under any written law in respect of the padi land; (b) the tenant shall not assign, sublet, lease or rent the padi land held under such agreement or any part thereof to any other person under any terms, conditions or stipulations for the cultivation of padi land; (c) the tenant shall at all times cultivate the said land according to the principles of good husbandry and shall bear all costs of such cultivation; (d) the tenant shall defray all expenses and perform all work necessary for the construction and the putting and keeping in order of any dams, water-wheels, water-courses, division ridges and fences and such other matters as may be prescribed by law to be payable by the occupier of the land; (e) the tenant shall pay the rent due at the place of harvest within two weeks of the completion of the harvest; (f) the tenant shall be entitled to an option to renew the tenancy agreement in accordance with section 7; (g) such other conditions as the State Authority may prescribe from time to time.

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Find Act 528 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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