Position of tenants holding hitherto under Act 3 of 1893

Any person who at any time before the commencement of this Act was a tenant from [Government], or of land to which the Government Tenants (Punjab) Act, 1893, applied and for which a statement of conditions was issued under that Act, shall, not-withstanding any previous agreement or anything contained in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, or any other enactment now in force, be deemed to have accepted and to hold the lands of which he is a tenant in accordance with such statement of conditions: Provided that unless such tenant shall, by deed executed and registered within twelve months from the date on which this Act comes into force, declare that the succession to his tenancy shall be in accordance with the statement of conditions applicable thereto, the succession to his tenancy shall be regulated by the provisions of sections 20, 21, 22 and 23 of this Act.