Persons not entitled to hold land in excess of ceiling area

B. Persons not entitled to hold land in excess of ceiling area - On and from the commencement of the Orissa Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1973, no person shall, either as land-holder or raiyat or as both, be entitled to hold any land in excess of the ceiling area. Explanation - For the purposes of this section all lands held individually by the members of a family or jointly by some or all the members of a family shall be deemed to be held by the family.