Clause (a) was substituted for original by the Gujarat Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in fore, no fragment, in respect of which a notice has been given under sub-section (2) of section 6, shall be sold at any sale held under the orders of any Court except to the owner of a contiguous survey number or recognized sub-division of a survey number and no land shall be sold at such sale so as to leave a fragment.