Amendment of Section 70

For Section 70 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-"70. Power to re-number or sub-divide or amalgamate survey numbers.-(1) The District Survey Officer may, with a view to acquisition of rights in the land or for any other reason, renumber the survey numbers and divide them into as many parts, as may be required, and amalgamate more than one survey number into a single survey number.(2) Division of any survey number or amalgamation of survey numbers shall be done in accordance with the rules made under this Code.(3) Whenever the survey numbers are renumbered, the District Survey Officer shall rectify the entries in all the records prepared or maintained under this Code."