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section 5

Reservation of land for personal cultivation

The Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act, 1955
Civil195547 sections
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  1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, every landowner owning land exceeding thirty standard acres shall be entitled to select for personal cultivation from the land held by him in the State as a landowner any parcel or parcels of land not exceeding in aggregate area the permissible limit and reserve such land for personal cultivation by intimating his selection in the prescribed form and manner to the Collector : Provided that in making such selection, the landowner shall include to the extent of the permissible limit, all land which he held for personal cultivation immediately before the commencement of the President's Act.
  2. (2) The right conferred by this section on a landowner to reserve land for personal cultivation shall cease if it is not exercised—
    • (a) within a period of one year from the commencement of the President's Act, where the landowner is a member of the Armed Forces of the Union; and
    • (b) within a period of six months from such commencement, in any other case. 5-A. Reservation of additional land for personal cultivation in certain cases Any landowner,—
  3. (1) whose permissible limit has been altered under the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Second Amendment) Act, 1956, or
  4. (2) who on account of the provisions contained in sub-section
  5. (2) of section 7A is not entitled to resume reserved land or any part thereof, or
  6. (3) in the case of an allottee whose allotment has been modified or revised after the commencement of the President's Act, shall be entitled,—
    • (a) in any case where he has reserved land for personal cultivation under section 5, to reserve additional land for personal cultivation,
    • (b) in any case where he was not entitled to reserve land for personal cultivation to reserve such land for personal cultivation, not later than the expiry of six months from the date of commencement of the Act referred to in clause
  7. (1) and the provisions of section 5 shall so far as may be, apply to reservation of land for personal cultivation under this section as they apply to reservation of land for personal cultivation under that section.

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