Certain voluntary transfers to be null and void

Certain voluntary transfers to be null and void. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, all voluntary transfers effected after the date of publication of the Mahe Land Reforms Bill, 1968, in the Official Gazette, otherwise than —

(i) by way of partition; or

(ii) [omitted]

(iii) in favour of a person who was a tenant of the holding before the date aforesaid and continued to be so till the date of transfer;

(iv) [omitted]

by a family or any member thereof or by an adult unmarried person owning or holding land in excess of the ceiling area, or otherwise than by way of gift in favour of his son or daughter or the son or the daughter of his pre-deceased son or daughter by any person owning or holding land in excess of the ceiling area shall be deemed to be transfers calculated to defeat the provisions of this Act and shall be invalid:

Provided that without prejudice to any other right of the parties to any such transfer, when any purchase price is payable under section 64 or any compensation is payable under section 80J or section 98 for any land covered by the said transfer, it shall be competent for the Land Tribunal to award the transferee, out of the purchase price or compensation amount in respect of such land, such sum as the Land Tribunal may consider just and proper.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, all voluntary transfers effected by any person (other than a family or any member thereof or by an adult unmarried person) owning or holding land in excess of the ceiling area after the 22nd March, 1968, otherwise than —

(i) by way of partition; or

(ii) in favour of a person who was a tenant of the holding before the 22nd March, 1968, and continued to be so till the date of transfer,

shall be deemed to be transfers calculated to defeat the provisions of this Act and shall be invalid:

Provided that without prejudice to any other right of the parties to any such transfer, when any purchase price is payable under section 64 or any compensation is payable under section 80J or section 98 for any land covered by the said transfer, it shall be competent for the Land Tribunal to award to the transferee, out of the purchase price or compensation amount in respect of such land, such sum as the Land Tribunal may consider just and proper.