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fl) There shall be, for the purpose of this Act, only the following classes of tenants, nam ely,— (i) Occupancy tenant, that is to say, a tenant holding immediately under a proprietor, land-holder or settlement-holaer other than land-holder, and having a right of occupancy in the lands held by him, (ii) non-occupancy tenant, that is to say, a ten ant holding immediately under a proprietor, land-holder or settlem ent holder other than land-holder but not having a right of occupancy in the land held by him, and (2) From the date of commencement of this Act, any person who was recorded in the record-of-rights as a privileged tenant undei the provisions of A sja m A ct the Assam (Temporarily Settled Districts) Tenancy m o f 1935. Act, 1935 shall henceforward be recorded as an Occupancy Tenant: Provided that he shall, subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Act, continue to pay the rent at the same rate as before the commencement of this Act. (3) From the date of commencement of this Act, there shall be no new under-tenant. CH AP TE R II I Occ upan cy Ten an t