Restrictions on the transfers by a Bhumidhar

(1) No Bhumidhar shall have the right to transfer by sale or gift or oihenviss any land to any person, rjther than a religious or charitable i~~stitution or any person in charge of any such ghmdan movement, as the Chief Conmissioner may by catification in the Official G~zelte, sp~cify, where as a result oftthe traosfer, the transferor shall be lzft with less than eight standard acres in the Union territmy of m&i : Provided that the Chief Commissioner may exempt from the opcraticm of this section, the transfer of any land made before the 1st day of December, 1958, if the land covered by such transfer does not exceed one acre in area and is used or intended to be used for purposes c t k r than those mentioned in clause (13) of sectia 3. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shal; pecludz the transfer of land by a Bhumidhar who holds kss than eight standard acres of land, if such transfer is ~f the entire land held by him: Provided that such BEumidhar may transfer a part of such land to any religious or charitable instituticn or other person referred to in su5section (1). Explam.ztion.-For the purposes of this section. a religious or charitable institution shall mean an institution establishes for a religious purpose or a charitable purpose, as the case may be.