(1) It
has been prescribed that every landowner or tenant who has to deposit
the mandatory saving, pursuant to the Section 40 of the Act, shall
deposit the following mandatory saving of the main annual crop yield of
the land owned or tilled by him/her, to the municipal or village
committee (hereafter called “committee”) constituted under the Rule 28a
:-
(a) At the rate of (½) half Man per Bigaha and Three
Mana per Ropani for the land cultivated by every
landowner,
(b) Six (6) Ser per Bigaha and One (1) Mana per
Ropani for the land cultivated by every tenant in
that status,
60 Amended by Eight Amendment.
61 Amended by Thirteen Amendment.
62 Amended by Seventh Amendment.
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(c) Fourteen (14) Ser per Bigaha and Two (2) Mana
per Ropani for the land that has been given to other
for cultivation by every landowner.
Provided that,
In the area where the rent crop (Koot) has been taken less than
half of the annual production by tradition, every tenant shall deposit at
the rate of Fourteen (14) Ser per Bigaha and two (2) Mana per Ropani
of the land cultivated by him/her in that status, every landowner shall
deposit at the rate of Six (6) Ser per Bigaha and One (1) Mana per
Ropani as mandatory saving.
(2) In case of the land where other cash crops except than the
food crops has been cultivated the mandatory deposit shall be made in
cash and as equivalent in kind prescribed by the Government of Nepal.
(3) Every depositor shall submit the annual deposit prescribed in
Sub-rule (1) and (2) in case of the following land within the following
time period :
(a) In case of the land in Terai and Inner Madhesh,
within the end of Falgun (Falgun Masant).
(b) In case of the land in Kathmandu Valley and
mountain (hill) within the end of Magh (Magh
Masant).
(4) If a crop can not be farmed (cultivated) in any year in a land
due to the occurrence of unavoidable circumstances to the person
cultivating the land or if no cultivation has been made or if cultivation
has made but the crop has been destroyed than the person cultivating the
land shall provide (produce) it’s notice to the committee as soon as
possible and the committee may grant the exemption to the concerned
landowner and tenant of a land, from the saving that has to be deposited
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pursuant to Sub-rule (1) and (2) if proved true in making an enquiry and
by taking the permission of land reform officer.
(5) Except the person getting the exemption pursuant to Sub-rule
(4), the name list of persons who has not paid the saving within the
period prescribed in Schedule (3) shall be submitted before the land
reform officer within the 15 days prior to the expiry of the period
specified for the submission of the saving (deposit).