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4B. No tenancy of any land 3[(other than tenancy created with the previous sanction be terminated of the Collector under section 73AA of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879)] shall be by efflux of terminated merely on the ground that the period fixed by agreement or usage for its duration time. has expired.] Ceiling area. 4[5. (1) For the purpose of this Act, the ceiling area of lands shall be– (a) 48 acres of jirayat land, or (b) 24 acres of seasonally irrigated land or paddy or rice land, or (c) 12 acres of perennially irrigated land. (2) Where the land held by a person consists of two or more kinds of land specified in sub-section (1), the ceiling area of such holding shall be determined on the basis of one acre of perennially irrigated land being equal of two acres of seasonally irrigated land or paddy or rice land, or four acres of jirayat land. 5[(3) Where in any case the ceiling area as determined under the provisions of Guj. XXV II the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 as in force for the time being is of 1961. less than the ceiling area specified in this section, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the ceiling area of land as determinaed under the said Act shall be the ceiling area for the purposes of this Act.] 6[Explanation.–In calculating the ceiling area warkas land shall be excluded.] Economic 6. (1) For the purpose of this Act, an economic holding shall be – holding. (a) 16 acres of jirayat land, or (b) 8 acres of seasonally irrigated land, or paddy or rice land, or (c) 4 acres of perennially irrigated land. (2) Where the land held by a person consists of two, or more kinds of land specified in sub-section (1), an economic holding shall be determined on the basis applicable to the ceiling area under sub-section (2) of section 5. 7[Explanation.–In calculating an economic holding warkas land shall be excluded.] 1. Explanation II was inserted by Bom. 38 of 1957, s. 3. 2. Sections 4A and 4B were inserted by Bom. 13 of 1956, s. 3. 3. These brackets, words, figures and letters were inserted by Guj. 37 of 1980, s. 5, Sch., Sr. No. 1 (1). 4. These sections were substituted for sections 5,6,7,8 and 9 by Bom. 13 of 1956, s. 4. 5. Sub-section (3) was inserted by Guj. 2 of 1974, s. 30. 6. This Explanation was added by Bom. 15 of 1957, s. 3. 7. This Explanation was added, ibid., s. 4. The Gujarat Tenancy And Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 9