Surrender by tenant

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a tenant may terminate the tenancy in respect of any land held by him at any time by surrender of his interest therein in favour of the landlord: Provided that such surrender shall not be effective unless it is made in writing and is admitted by the tenant before the Land Tribunal and is made in good faith and is registered in the office of the Land Tribunal in the prescribed manner: Provided further that the extent of land, the interest over which a cultivating tenant may surrender to his landlord, shall not exceed the extent, if any, which the landlord would have been entitled to resume from the tenant under section 14, section 15, section 16 or section 17. (3) The Government may, if they are satisfied that it is necessary to do so in public interest on account of any special use to which any land is put, or on account of any land being bona fide required for the purpose of conversion into plantation or for the expansion or preservation of an existing plantation, or for starting dairy farms or cattle breeding farms, by notification in the Gazette, exempt such land from the provisions of this Chapter, subject to such restrictions and conditions as they may deem fit to impose.