Amendment of section 32 of Bom. LXVII of

In section 32 of the principal Act, after sub-section

1. (3) the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely :— “(4) On the date of the commencement of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1960, every tenant in the areas within the limits of Municipal boroughs within the meaning of the Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 or within the limits of municipal districts constituted under the Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901, shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, be deemed to have purchased from a landlord free from all encumbrances subsisting thereon on the said date the land held by him as tenant, as if the said date were the tillers' day. Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to land leased by a landlord and situated within the limits of any such Municipal borough or municipal district, if such land does not exceed an economic holding and the total annual income of the landlord including the rent of such land does not exceed Rs. 1,500 and such land is not held under a permanent tenancy.
2. (5) A person eligible to the exemption as provided in the proviso to sub-section
3. (4) shall make an application before the 1st day of July, 1961 to the Mamlatdar for a certificate as provided in section 88C, and the provisions of sub-sections
4. (2) to
5. (4) of that section shall apply thereto as if the application had been made under section 88C.
6. (6) The provisions of sections 32S, 32T and 32U shall mutatis mutandis apply to the termination of tenancy of such land by a landlord holding a certificate under sub-section
7. (4) and purchase of such land by the tenant thereof as if such landlord were a certified landlord and such tenant were an excluded tenant within the meaning of those sections”.