Consequences of acquisition of land in excess of the area permitted under section

Where after the appointed day, on account of gift, purchase, assignment, lease, surrender or any other kind of transfer inter vivos or by succession or partition, any land comes into the possession of any person or any land held by any person ceases to be exempted land under sub-section

1. (2) of section 3 and in consequence thereof the total land held by such person exceeds the area which he is entitled to hold under section 6, then—
   • (i) if the acquisition of such excess land was otherwise than by succession or partition it shall be invalid and the excess land shall be forfeited to the State Government, and
   • (ii) if the acquisition was by succession or partition or the excess was due to the land ceasing to be exempted land the excess land shall be deemed to be surplus land held by such person.