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A tenant .vho is in occupation of any land acquired under section 8 but who does not take settlement of such land in the manner des cribed in section 16 above, shall acquire no right, title and inte rest in such lan d and shall be liable to ejectment, without prejudice to any other action th at may be tak en under the releva nt provisions of the Assam Land an d Revenue Regulation, 1886 (Regulation I of 1886;, or any other law for the time being in force. CHAPTER IV f > Excess land under ann ual lease Taking over 19- (1) If, from the final statement prepared cf exceu under section 7, it appears that any person [***]1 land which ho ids a n y land under annual lease granted by the State annual" Government, which, with or without the lands lease. already held by him, [***]i exceeds in the aggregate . the limit fixed under section 4 of this Act, then not withstanding anything to the contrary in any laws or agreement, the Collector shall, after issue of three months’ notice ending with the 31st day of March following, takeover the excess land under annual lease and may eject any person who may be in possession of such land, and may thereupon dispose of it in the manner of section 17. (2) No compensation for the land itself shall be payable for taking it over under sub-section (1) above. (3) Where there is any building or structure or crop on the land, the owner thereof shall be given O the option of removing it within the prescribed peiod and if he does no t do so, then the building, structure, or crop, as the case may be, shall be sold in public auction, and the sale proceeds, after de duction of the cost of auction, if any, shall be paid to him. (4) If there are any fruit-trees, on the land, then an amount fixed by thet Collector after con sidering the value, nature, condition and number of such trees, shall be payable as compensation thereof, but such amount shall not exceed 25 times the ann ual land-revenue payable for the land.