Acquisition of rights to be reported

(1) Any person acquiring by succession, survivorship, inheritance, partition, purchase, gift, mortgage, lease or otherwise any right in land shall report orally or in writing his acquisition of such right to the patwari of the village within six months from the date of such acquisition and the patwari shall give a written acknowledgement in the prescribed form for such report to the person making it: Provided that when the person acquiring such right is a minor or is otherwise disqualified his guardian of other person having charge of his property shall make the report to the patwari. Explanation 1- For the purpose of this section, right in land does not include an assessment over or a charge (not amounting to a mortgage of the kind specified in section 100 of the transfer of property act, 1882 on the land. Explanation II- A person, in whose favor a mortgage is redeemed or paid of a lease is determined, acquires a right within the meaning of this section. Explanation III- Intimation in writing required to be given to the patwari under this Section may be given through a messenger or in person or may be sent by registered post. (2) Any such person as is referred to in sub-section (1) may also report in writing his acquisition of such right to the Tehsildar within six months from the date of such acquisition.