THIS ACT.

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and section 94-A the Government may, after taking into consideration the objects specified in the preamble, make rules providing for the manner in which any land acquired by the Government under this Act shall be disposed of. (2) (a) In the disposal of the land acquired by the Government under this Act, the Government shall give preference to any person who is completely dispossessed of his holding, or whose extent of holding is reduced below three acres of dry land or one and a half acres of wet land held by him partly as cultivating tenant and partly as owner or wholly as cultivating tenant, by virtue of the provisions of this Act. Explanation.--Where a person holds both dry and wet land, then, for the purpose of calculating the extent of his holding under this clause, one acre of wet land shall be deemed to be equal to two acres of dry land.