Section 8AA was inserted, by Bom. 61 of 1958, s. 3 (7).

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no holding allotted under this Act, nor any part thereof, shall be— (a) transferred, whether by way of sale (including sale in execution of a decree of a Civil Court or for recovery of arrears of land revenue or for sums recoverable as arrears of land revenue) or by way of gift, exchange, or lease, or otherwise, except in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed; (b) sub-divided (including sub-division by a decree or order of a Civil Court or any other competent authority) except with the permission in writing of the collector. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1)— (a) shall apply to a transfer of a holding allotted under this Act where the transfer is of the entire holding, not involving any sub-division thereof, or to a sub-division of a holding allotted under this Act where such sub-division is made to provide for the shares of persons entitled thereto on the death of the owner, and does not create any fragment; or (b) shall be deemed over to have applied to a transfer of a holding allotted under this Act, made after the 19th February, 1969, but before the date of the commencement of the Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings, (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as “the said date”, where such transfer was of an entire holding not involving any sub-division thereof and the transferee or his successor-in-interest was occupying or was in possession of the holding so transferred immediately before the said date and had not been evicted from such holding before the said date in pursuance of an order of eviction passed by the Collector under sub-section (3) of section 9, and such transfer shall not be, and shall be deemed never to have been, void on the ground that it was contrary to the provisions of this section. (3) Where in respect of any holding to which clause (b) of sub-section (2) applies an order for payment of fine by the owner transferring such holding was made by the Collector under sub-section (2) of section 9, or an order for eviction was made under sub-section (3) of section 9 but such order was not given effect to, such order shall be deemed to have become ineffective on the said date and the fine, if paid by the owner, shall be refunded to him. Any revision proceedings pending against any such order which becomes ineffective under this sub-section shall abate.