Ceiling on holding land

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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in any agreement, usage or decree or order of a Court, with effect from the appointed day no person shall, subject to the provisions of sub-sections
(2) and
(3) be entitled to hold whether as owner or tenant or partly as owner and partly as tenant land in excess of the ceiling area.
(2) Where an individual, who holds land, is a member of a family, not being a joint family, and land is also separately held by such individual's spouse or minor children, then the land held by the individual and the said members of the individual's family shall be grouped together for the purposes of this Act and the provisions of this Act shall apply to the total land so grouped together as if such land had been held by one person.
(3) Where on the appointed day a person holds exempted land along with other land then,
- (i) if the area of exempted land is equal to or more than the ceiling area he shall not be entitled to hold other land; and
- (ii) if the area of exempted land is less than the ceiling area, he shall not be entitled to hold other land in excess of the area by which the exempted land is less than the ceiling area.
(4) Land which under the foregoing provisions of this section a person is not entitled to hold shall be deemed to be surplus land held by such person.

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