Section 9: Enjoyment of rights by lessee
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9. Enjoyment of rights by lessee
(1) The lessee shall not enjoy any of the rights leased to him under this
Act in respect of any period of the lease extending from 1 June in any year
to 7 September in the same year unless and until he has paid the rent in
respect of the following year of the lease in accordance with section 8.
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(2) A lessee enjoying any of the rights leased to him under this Act in
breach of subsection (1) shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding one year.
(3) The Minister may notify a lessee convicted under subsection (2) in
writing that the lease is cancelled, and the lease shall consequently be
cancelled.