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(1) In section 102, "permissible limit" means an area of land
which a landowner may resume from tenants for personal cultivation, that is to say,--
(a) in the case of a person under disability, 25 acres;
(b) in the case of any other person who--
(i) owns a basic holding or less, the entire area owned by him;
(ii) owns more than a basic holding but not exceeding a family holding, one-half of the area
leased to tenants or the area by which the land under his personal cultivation falls short of a basic
holding, whichever is greater;
(iii) owns more than a family holding--
(1) if he has no land, or any land which is less than a family holding under his personal
cultivation, one-half of the area leased to the tenant but not exceeding the area by which land
under his personal cultivation falls short of a family holding, provided that the tenant is left
with not less than a basic holding and provided further that a landowner shall in any case be
entitled to resume an area by which land under his personal cultivation falls short of a basic
holding; and
(2) if he has family holding or more under his personal cultivation, the area leased to any
tenant in excess of a family holding but not exceeding the area by which land in his personal
cultivation falls short of 25 acres.
Explanation.--For the purpose of determining the permissible limit of a landowner under this
sub-section, any no-resumable land which he may hold as a tenant shall also be taken into account.
(2) Any transfer of land made on or after the 6th day of March, 1956, shall be disregarded in
computing the permissible limit.
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