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(1) Every tenant of Sir and sub-tenant d an occu- Tenants of pancy tenant under section 5 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, :$, zdanh 1887, or sub-tenant of a tenant hclding land under a Patta ,,,,- Dawami or Istamsari, with right of transfer by sale, who in pancy the fasfi year immediate!^. before :II- commentceme:lt of this tenants Act. is recorded as a tenarit d Sir cr zs a sub-tznant. shall of be deemed to be a non-cccupancy tenant of the ia:~d held the punlab by him 2.t the rat'e of rezt payable by bim in the said year Tenancy ~ c t , .and the land held by such tenant ar~d sub-tenant shall not 1887, and for the ~u:pols;s of setion 11 be :.v~ilabie to the Sirholder, of Tenants occupancy tenant unbzr section 5 zf the Pmjab Tenancy Act. 18S7, or to the Fattadar D a v : a ~ or Isramrarl fo.- ac- land with quisition of Bhumidhari rights. Patta Da- wami or Is- (2) Nothing in sub-section (1: shall apply to a tznant tamrari and of Sir or a sub-tenant of cccupanc~ tenant under sectron 5 of of transfa the Punjab Tenancy Act or of the said Pattaciar. if his land by 'hdder belongs to any of the followkLg categories of persons- -- (i) a woman, (ii) a minor, (iii) a lunatic, (iv) an idiot, (v) a person incapable of cultiyation by reason of b!indness or physical infirmity. or (vi) a pzrson 'in the armed forces of the Indian Union. both at the commcnce-iqent of tenancy and on the commencement of this Act, (vii) a person prosecuting studies in a recogriized institution and not exc5eding 25 years in age, or - (viii) a person under detention or imprisonment. m the commencement of this Act: Provided that where a holding is held jointly by seve- .rdl landholders of whom one or more but not all are psrsons belonging to any of the abme categories, nothing in subs- section (11) shall apply to the share of these persons in the holding and such share shall be avsilable for the acquisition of Bhumidhari rigkit: by these persons.