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State of Assam - Subsection

Section 6(5) in Goalpara Tenancy Act, 1929

(5)
(a)In determining whether a tenant is a jotedar or a raiyat, the court shall have regard to the purposes for which the right of tenancy was originally acquired.
(b)When the area held by a tenant exceeds one hundred standard bighas, the tenant shall be presumed to be a jotedar, until the contrary is shown.
Explanation. - When a tenant of land has the right to bring it under cultivation he shall be deemed to have acquired a right to hold it for the purpose of cultivation notwithstanding that he uses it for the purpose of gathering the produce of it, or of grazing cattle on it.