Restrictions on alienation and sub-division of consolidated holdings

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no holding allotted under this Act, nor any part thereof shall save as otherwise provided in this section— (a) be 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, lease, or otherwise; or (b) be sub-divided, whether under a decree or order of a Civil Court or any other competent authority, or otherwise, so as to create a fragment, without the previous sanction of the Collector. Such sanction shall be given by the Collector in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any land— (a) which is situated in any area for which— (i) a municipal corporation is constituted under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act (Bom. III of 1888), the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bom. LIX of 1949) or the City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948 (C. P. and Berar Act II of 1950); or (ii) a municipal council is constituted under the Maharashtra Municipalities Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965); or