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ORDINANCE XXIV OF 1978 ORDINANCE XXIV OF 1978 BALUCHISTAN TENANCY ORDINANCE, 1978 CHAPTER III‑RENT Rents generally 10. Rights and liabilities regarding rent and Government dues.‑(1) The rent of any land payable by the tenant by division of the produce shall remain the same as it existed at the time of coming into force of this Ordinance; (2) Land Revenue and other taxes, cesses, surcharges and levies on land shall be payable by the owner; (3) The liability for payment of water rate and providing seed fox any land shall be that of the owner or other person in possession thereof other than the .tenant; (4) The cost of Fertilizers and Pesticides required for the land comprised in a tenancy shall be shared equally between the owner and the tenant; (5) No owner or person in possession of any land shall levy any cess on or take any labour from any of his tenant; (6) Any dispute between the landlord and a tenant in respect of the rent payable by the latter to the former shall be treated as a matter falling under section 63 of this Ordinance; (7) Nothing in this section shall apply to the case of a tenant holding any land under the Provincial or the Federal Government or under any Municipal Committee or any other authority as may be notified by the Provincial Government in this behalf, or to a tenant of any land, which under the provisions of this Ordinance or any other law for the time being in force, has been reserved by the landlord for personal cultivation.