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For Section 30 of the Principal Act, the o_f new sec- following section shall be subs ti Luted , namely :- lion 30 of · Assam A.ct XI 0 1 193f;, " \!anner of tr<&n,f~r anci notice to landlord. ~O. ( 1) Every transfer shall he made .. hy regis- tered instrument. except in the case of a beques t or a sale in execution of a decree or a certificate signed under the Bengal Public Demands Reco- very Act, 1913. (2) A registering officer ::.i,all not admit for registration any such instrument unless it is accompanied hy- (a) a notice giYing particulars of the trnns- fer in the prescribed form ; and (b) l]J(' process fee prcscribC'd for the ser- vice of ' such no lice on the landlord or his common agent, if any. Bengal Act III of 1 !!13 Deletion of teetion • 31 of Assam Ai:t XI of 19!56. 148 (3) Where any such instrument 1s admitted to registration, the registering officer shall send to the Deputy Commissioner the notice of the transfer in the prescribed form, and the Deputy Commissioner shall cause the notice to be served on the landlord named in the notice or his common agent, if any, in the prescribed manner : .Provided that when a sole landlord .purchases a holding or a share or a portion thereof no notice need be served. (4) Jn case:: of a bequest, the Court shall, before granting a probate or letters of administration, require the applican t rn file a notice giving particulars of transfer in the prescribed form and to deposit a process fee of the presci;ibed amount for service on the landlord or his common agent, if any. When probate or letters of administration have been granted, the Court shall send to the Deputy Commi·s- sioner the notice : Provided that in case of a bequest by a Maho- medan, where no probate is applied for, the executor or legatee shall file the notice and deposit the process fee in the Court of the Deputy Commi s~ione r ."