Restriction on transfer etc.

1. (1) No person shall transfer or acquire by transfer 2[for a period of fifteen years from the date of re-grant made on or after the date of

commencement of the Karnataka Village Offices Abolition (Amendment) Act, 2003]

any land disposed or regranted under sub-section (4) of section 5 or sub-section (3) of section 7 and any transfer of such land in contravention thereof shall be null and void. The land so transferred shall vest in the State Government free from all encumbrances. The provisions of sub-section (5) of section 5 shall mutatis mutandis apply to transfer of such land.

1. (2) Any person who acquires by transfer such land in contravention of sub-section (1) shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months.]

¹ Inserted by Act 13 of 1978 w.e.f. 07.08.1978

² Substituted by Act 22 of 2003 w.e.f. 9.5.2003..