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(1) A person, who— Acquisition of occupancy [•* * *J1_ rights (6) for a period of 12 years [* * * *]* has continuously held land as a raiyat, shall have a right of occupancy in that land. (2) The period of [* * *] 1 12 years [* * * ]i referred to in sub-section (1) may be wholly or partly before or after the com mencement of | the Assam (Temporary-Settled Districts) Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1953]2 . (3) A person shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have continuous^ held land under a landlord notwithstanding that the particu’ar land lords under whom he held the land were different at different times provided the land held by him was the same. (4) A person shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have held as a raiyal any land held as a raiyat by a perron whose heir he is. (5) If a raiyat recovers possession of his holding under the provisions of section 35 or of any other law in force, any period during which he may have been out of possession shall count towards the periods specified in sub-section (1). (6) For the purposes of this section, a person who, under the system generally known as "adhi”, “barga" an d “bhag,” cultivates the land of another person, on condition of delivering a propor tion of the crop to that person, is not a raiyat: Provided th at the holding of the land under such a system shall not be deemed to break the continuity of the period for which the said cultivator, or his heir or the person whose heir the cultivator is, holds or held the land otherwise than under such a system. [Illustration— When a per on holds land as a raiyat, say, for seven years, then under the system mentioned in this sub clause for four years, and there after again for a further term as a raiyat, occupancy right shall not accrue unless such further term extends to a period of not less than five years.]8 .