Act VIII sf 1923), shall be borile by the Government.

(1) The Settlement Officer shall effect ryotwari settlement of every land in the transferred territory or part thereof in accordance with a settlement notification framed and published by the Government for the purpose. (2) The said notification shall embody the principles adopted in making ryotwari settlements in ryotwari areas, and shall adopt— (a) the rates of assessment set out in the settlement notification in force on such date and in such district as may be specified by the Government; (b) if more than one such notification is in force in that district, the rates set out in one of such notifications which the Government consider to be the most appropriate to the case. (3) Neither the settlement notification nor any order passed in pursuance thereof shall be liable to be questioned in any court of law. (4) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that nothing in this section shall be construed to be in derogation of any law relating to the levy of tax on land in force in the transferred territory.