BANGKOK, 4 June 2015 – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Office of the Council of State, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to finish revising the Agricultural Land Rent Act B.E. 2524 within three months. The law revision is aimed at creating justice in land rent for landlords and tenants.
Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Cooperatives Chaovalit Chookhachorn on Thursday said there were around 1.08 million households or 41% of all rice field tenants who had not signed a legal contract with their landlords. The amended law was expected to draw all rice field tenants to put them into the system, said the official.
The amended law prohibits an annual rent of agricultural land and stipulate that the landlords who want to sell their rented properties, they have to give the first right to buy to their tenants.
