Section 17
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 16 or in and other law for the time being in force —
17. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 16 or in and other law for the time being in force —
(a) the land of an agriculturist, the local rate payable by whom or recoverable from whom does not exceed twenty-five rupees per annum, shall not be sold or otherwise transferred in execution of a decree to which this Act applies, nor shall a final decree for foreclosure be passed in respect of such land, and
(b) in the case of any other agriculturist —
(i) only so much of his land may be sold or otherwise transferred in execution of a decree to which this Act applies ; or
(ii) a final decree for foreclosure may be passed in respect of only so much of his land, as would, after such sale or transfer or foreclosure leave with him land the local rate payable in respect of which would be at least rupees twentyfive per annum :
Provided that in the permanently settled areas of the Benares Division and the Azamgarh District the local rate on the agriculturist's land shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be twice the local rate actually payable on it ;
Roop's Law Assist