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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

No:LAW-LCE/229/2023 (P-1)

Karnataka Government Secretariat,

Vidhana Soudha,

Benagaluru, Dated:04.03.2024

GUIDELINES

In respect of the implementation of the Code of Civil Procedure (Karnataka

Amendment) Act, 2023 (Karnataka Act No.08 of 2024), the Government of

Karnataka is hereby notified by Government of Karnataka as under, namely:-

(a) "Small farmer" means a person who on the date of commencement of

this Act, holds whether as an owner, or mortgagee with possession or partly

in one capacity and partly in another not more than two units of land, the

annual income from which does not exceed three lakh rupees and who has

no income from any source other than agriculture.

Explanation-1: “Unit” means,-

i.

two hectares of un-irrigated land; or

ii.

one and one-fourth hectares of rain-fed wet land; or

iii.

half hectare of land having facilities for growing one irrigated crop or for

growing plantation crops or grapes or coconut or areca nut or sugarcane or

used for growing mulberry by irrigation; or

iv.

quarter hectare of land having perennial irrigation facilities or facilities for

growing more than one irrigated crop in a year.

Explanation-2: In this clause “plantation crop” means cardamom,

coffee, rubber and tea;

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(b) "Person belonging to weaker section" means a person whose annual

income from all sources does not exceed three lakh rupees.

By order and in the Name of the

Governor of Karnataka,

(Malathi C)

Under Secretary to Government (Admin-1),

Law, Justice and Human Rights Department

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