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Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Act (No. 20 of 1999).

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This Act provides for the establishment of an Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board to provide insurance of agricultural and horticultural crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. The Board shall operate a comprehensive insurance scheme for the benefit of agriculturists with the objective of providing stability to agriculturists and to promoting agricultural production. The Board shall have its own fund known as the Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Fund. The Minister may make regulations
Title
Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Act (No. 20 of 1999).
Country
Sri Lanka
Type of document
Legislation
Date of text
1999
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Title abbreviation
An Act to provide for the establishment of an Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board to provide insurance of agricultural and horticultural crops and medicinal plants, livestock, fisheries and forestry, agricultural equipment and the storage and preser
Glossary term(s)
institution building
agriculture
fund
ECOLEX region
Asia
Southern Asia
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
Microsoft Office document icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/texts/srl28743.doc
Repeals
Agricultural Insurance Law (No. 27 of 1975).