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Amendment of Section 3 of Assam Act XVIII of 1951.—(a) In sub section (1) of Section 3 of the Principal Act, the following shall be added as a proviso, namely:— “Provided that where the names of the proprietors or the tenure holders cannot be obtained without an unreasonable amount of delay or expense, it shall be sufficient compliance if the notification contains only such particulars as are available in the touzi ledger”. (b) In sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Principal Act, the following shall be added as a proviso, namely :— “Provided that where, from the number of the proprietors or the tenure-holders or any other cause, personal service is not reasonably practi cable, or where the names of the proprietors or the tenure-holders cannot be obtained without an unreasonable amount of delay or expense, the service of the notification by affixing a copy thereof in some conspicuous place in the offices of the Deputy Commissioner and the Subdivision al Officer within whose jurisdiction the land is situate, shall be as effectual as if it had been made on the proprietors or the tenure-holders concerned personally”. (c) In sub-section (4) of Section 3 of the Principal Act, the first word “The” shall be replaced by the words “The service and the”. 2