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(XXXI of 1950);

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1 (XXXI of 1950); (e) "khana damad" means a person who having married the "khana damad" means a person who having married the daughter of a landowner having no male issue lives along with his wife in the married the daughter of a landowner having no male issue lives along with his wife in the house of his father-in-law and lives along with his wife in the house of his father-in-law and who accord- ing to the custom is treated by house of his father-in-law and who accord- ing to the custom is treated by him as his son; son; (f) "landowner" has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Land Revenue e meaning assigned the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 Act XVII of 1887) (Punjab enue Act, 1887 (Punj Act XVII of 1887), and includes an allottee; *[Explanation.—In respect of land with possession, the mort mortgaged shall nation.—In respect of land mortgaged with possession, the mortgagee shall be deemed to be the landowner.) h possession, the mortgag deemed to be the landowner.) Inserted by Punjab Act No. 3 of 1959, sectiin 2. the expression "to cultivate personally" with its gramat its gramatical variations and cognate expressions means to cultivate on one's own account— (i) by one’s own labour, or (ii) by the labour of such of one's relatives, as may be prescribed, or may be prescribed, or (iii) by servants or hired labour; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; "standard acre" is a measure of land convertible with reference to the yield from, and the quality of, the soil, into an ordinary acre according to the prescribed scale; (j) "State" means the [territories of the State of Punjab which, immediately before the 1st "State" means Punjab which, he [territories of the Stat immediately before the of 1st November, 1956, formed part of the State of tiala d st njab tes on.] Nov 1956, form part of the S Patiala and East Punjab States Union.] (k) "tenant" has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVI of 1887), but does not include a person— (i) who holds a right of occupancy, or (#1) who is relative of the tenant within the meaning of sub-clause (2) of clause (g); "the President's Act" means the Patiala and East Punjab States Union Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1953 (President's Act 8 of 1953); | cultural (m) all other words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVI of 1887), 1Substituted for the words "State of Patiala and East Punjab States n' by the Punjab Adaptation of Laws (State and Conenrrent 1Substitute Union' by the for the words "Stat Punjab Adaptation of Patiala and E of Laws (State t Punjab States and Conenrrent Subjects) Order, 1968. or the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 ( Punjab Act XVII of 1887), shall have the he Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 ( Punjab Act XVII of 1887), shall have the meanings assigned to them in ei all have the mea assigned to them in either of those Acts. '[(1) "Permissible limit" for the purposes of this Permissible Provided that in case of an allottee,— (a) who has been allotted land exceeding forty standard acres, the permissible limit shal s been allotted land exceeding forty standard acres, the permissible limit shall be forty standard acres and where such f standard acres, the permissible limit shall be forty standard acres and where such forty standard acres on being converted into or standard acres and where such forty standard acres on being converted into ordinary acres exceed one hundred acre acres exceed one int hundred acres, such one d one hundred acres; and (b) who has been allotted land exceeding thirty standard acres but not exceeding forty sta has been allotted land exceeding thirty standard acres but not exceeding forty standard acres, the permissible limit shall be acres but not exceeding forty acres, the permissible limit shall be the area of land allotted to him equal to res, the permissible limit shall the area of land allotted to him]. *['Explanation.—for the purpose of determining the permissible limit of an allottee, the —for the purpose of determining the permissible limit of an allottee, the provisions of the proviso shall not apply to the heirs missible limit of an allottee, the provisions of the proviso shall not apply to the heirs and successors of the allottee to wh successors a of the the h allottee to whom land is allotted.'] For the purposes of computing the permissible (a) where a person holds some as a landowner and some other land as an allottee bo son holds some as a landowner and some other land as an allottee both kinds of land shall be included; land as an land shall be included; (b) land occupied by an occupancy tenant shall not be included in the holding of the landow ccupied by an occupancy tenant shall not be included in the holding of the landowner but if shall be included in the holding of be included in the holding of the landowner but if shall be included in the holding of the occupancy tenant in whom proprietar if shall be included in the holding of the occupancy tenant in whom proprietary 1Sub-section (1) substituted by Pepsu Act No. 3Explanation added by Pun; j October, 1956,—vide sec 1Sub-section (1) substituted by Pepsu Act No. 15 of 1958, 3Explanation added by Pun; jab Act 16 196. i October, 1956,—vide sections