Insertion of new section 41A

11. After section 41 of the said Act the following section shall be inserted as section 41A:— "41A. Limited right of occupancy of under-raiyats. Every person who, for a period of twelve years, whether wholly or partly, before or after the commencement of the Goalpara Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1943, has continuously held land as an under-raiyat, whether under a lease or otherwise, shall be deemed to have acquired, on the expiry of that period, a limited right of occupancy in the land which he has so held for the said period. The provisions of sub-sections (4), (5) and (6) of section 15 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the construction of the expression “every person...........has continuously held land as an under-raiyat.”"