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ORDINANCE XXIV OF 1978 ORDINANCE XXIV OF 1978 BALUCHISTAN TENANCY ORDINANCE, 1978 CHAPTER II‑CLASSES OF TENANTS There shall be for the purposes of this Ordinance the following classes of tenants only, namely :‑ (a) Occupancy tenants; (b) Lathband tenants; and , (c) Tenants at will. 3. Tenants having rights of occupancy.‑(1) A tenant---- (a) who at the commencement of this Ordinance has been entered as hereditory (Mauroosi) tenant in the record of rights prepared at the time of settlement; or (b) who at the commencement of this Ordinance has for more than two generations in the male line of descent through a grandfather or grand‑uncle and for a period of not less than twenty years, been occupying land paying no rent therefor beyond the amount of the land revenue thereof and the rates and ceases for the time being chargeable thereon; or (c) who has permanent and hereditary rights of tenancy in the land subject to payment of rent and other such conditions as are prevalent in the. area either in the codified form or in the form of "riwaj" has a right of occupancy in the land so occupied. (2) If a tenant proves that he has continuously occupied land for thirty years and paid no rent therefor beyond the amount of the land revenue thereof and the rates and cesses for the time being chargeable thereon, it may be presumed that he has fulfilled the conditions of clause (c) of sub section (1). (3) The words in clause (c) denoting natural relationship denote also relationship by adoption, including therein the customary appointment of an heir, and relationship by the usage of religious community.