Amendment of section 127

For the existing section 127 of the Principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely,— "Transfer of 127. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the ownership of any land which is in the occupation of a tenant at the commencement of section 26 of the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1975 shall stand transferred from the landowner thereof to the tenant with effect from such date as may be specified by notification in the official Gazette, and the tenant shall become the owner of such land and be liable to pay land revenue therefor. (2) Nothing contained in sub—section (1) apply to a tenant holding any land at the commencement of section 26 of the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1975 from a person under disability or from a public charitable or religious institution or a local authority or a Co-operative Society registered under the Assam Co—operative Societies Act, 1949, as in force in the State of Manipur: Provided that any lease granted in pursuance of this sub—section, by a person under disability shall cease to be in force after the cessation of the disability. Explanation: In this sub-section, the disability of a person shall cease under any of the circumstances specified in the Explanation to sub-section (2) of section 106. (3) Within one year of the cessation of the disability referred to in sub—section (2), the landowner shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 119, be entitled to resume for personal cultivation the land held by the tenant not exceeding one-half of the area of such land: Provided that no resumption under this sub—section shall be made which would have the effect of leaving the tenant after such resumption with less than one hectare of land."