Payments to Custodian to be valid discharge

(1) Any amount due to any evacuee in respect of any property which has vested in the Custodian or in respect of any transaction entered into by the evacuee, shall be paid to the Custodian by the person liable to pay the same. (2) Any payment made otherwise than in accordance with sub-section (1) shall not discharge the person paying it from his obligation to pay the amount due, and shall not affect the right of the Custodian to enforce such obligation against any such person. The Custodian may delegate any of his functions assigned to him under the Act except those under clause (f) or clause (g) of sub-section (2) of Section 8, to a Deputy or Assistant Custodian. For the purpose of these rules, the term "Economic holding" means:— i) one hectare of paddy land, or ii) one hectare of land used for coconut garden, or iii) one hectare of land used for arecanut garden, or iv) one hectare of land used for cultivation of sugarcane, or v) one hectare of land under perenial irrigation, or vi) two hectares of any other land. Explanation I.— Where total land held by a person consists of two or more of the aforesaid six clauses of lands, the area of economic holding shall be determined on the basis of one hectare of paddy land being equal to one hectare of land used for coconut garden or one hectare of land used for cultivation of sugarcane or one hectare of land used under perenial irrigation or two hectares of any other land. Explanation II.— "Irrigation" means irrigated by any irrigation work whether constructed or maintained by the Government or not.

By order and in the name of the Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu. G. M. Sardessai, Under Secretary (Home). Panaji, 11th March, 1977.