State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 292 – The auction for the lease of paddy fields shall take place from 1st July to 30th September of the year immediately preceding the period to which it is intended for and shall be held in the meetings place of the comunidade. § 1. The basis for licitation shall be calculated in kind (rice), in the quantity of rent indicated in the respective estimates in force and expressed in cash, as per official price fixed by the 75[Government], on hearing the Directorate of Economic Services, of the Board of External Trade and of the administrator of comunidades. § 2. The estimates of the paddy fields may be reviewed periodically in the manner directed by the 76[Government] by an executive order, but the revision made in this manner shall only be applicable in the auction for the next period. § 3. The clauses which govern the lease shall be prescribed by the managing committees, on the approval of the administrator, after hearing the head of the agricultural division or agricultural zone. § 4. It is the duty of the managing committee and specially of the attorney and the clerk of the comunidade to supervise the compliance of the clauses of lease, less they shall be responsible for the losses and damages. Similar powers are vested on the personnel of agricultural divisions or agricultural zones, but only in respect to cultivation and its preparatory works. § 5. In the harvest season, under the proposal of the managing committee, approved by the administrator, necessary guards shall be admitted to work under the orders of the attorney, receiving the salary that, for each season, is fixed by the administrator, up to the limit of 18$ per day. § 6. The conditions of the supervisory duties of the attorney and of the guards shall be stipulated in the respective estimate.