Chapter I PRELIMINARY

Application of the Act.-This Act shall, unless the State Government otherwise directs, apply to land to which the provisions of the Government Tenants (Punjab) Act, 1893, have been applied and to any other land to which the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette apply it and which at the time of the notification was the property of the State Government ; Provided that unless the State Government by general or special order otherwise directs nothing in sections 20, 21, 22 and 23, or in the proviso to section 14, of this Act, shall apply to any class of tenancies created hereafter which the State Government may declare to be scheduled tenancies under this section.

Power to withdraw a colony from the operation of the Act.-The State Government may, at any time, by notification in the Official Gazette, withdraw a colony or any part of a colony from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act.

Applicability of the Punjab Tenancy Except as provided in section 7 of this Act, the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 shall not be applicable to tenancies held under this Act.

1. (2) Nothing in sub-section
2. (1) of this section shall affect the application of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, to any matter or dispute arising between tenants of the Government and their sub-tenants to whish Government is not a party.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Punjab Land Revenue Act, and Chapter VII of the Punjab Tenancy Act and the rules made thereunder shall, in so far as they are applicable, apply to all proceedings under this Act, But nothing in the Punjab Land Revenue Act or the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 shall be so construed as to vary or invalidate any condition entered in any statement of conditions issued by the State Government, and in particular shall not be so construed as to limit successions to tenancies otherwise than as provided in such statement of conditions.

Section 136

1. (1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, shall be amended by inserting after the words "Under section 49", the words "or any Revenue Officer in a colony".

Notwithstanding anything in section 4 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, the provisions of Chapter IV of that Act shall apply to all village sites in a colony.