Land Reform Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. X of 1984). Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1984 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Ordinance to reform the law relating to land tenure, land holding and transfer with a view to maximizing production and ensuring a better relationship between land owners and bargadars. Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Land tenure Agricultural land Traditional rights/customary rights Contract/agreement Lease Right of use Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Ordinance refers to a Bangladesh custom of leasing land, called barga, and to the tenant of that lease, the bargadar, who is an individual tending the land whose property belongs to a different owner. It states that cultivating land belonging to another person and sharing the resulting production is consented only under a barga contract. The bargadar will lose his right of use if: he fails to cultivate the assigned barga land; he has produced less than the expected average compared to other barga cultivations for that area; he has used partially or totally the land for purposes differing from agricultural production; he has renounced his right of cultivation; or he is not directly tending the barga land; or ultimately if the barga landowner reclaim the land for tending it himself. In this very case, if the owner fails in tending the land or assign it to other bargadars on the termination of the barga contract, for no reasonable cause, the competent Authority may restore land lease to the former evicted bargadar who claimed such right. The Ordinance provides also the division of the produce between the owner and the bargadar (art.12). Full text English