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Vide secflon 6(2) and 1(2) 2 Inserted by Punjab ACI No. 12 of J 968. section 2 and shall be deemed always to have been inserted. be taken into account in computing the surplus area under this Act, nor shall any tenant of such land or portion have the right to purchase it under Section 18: Provided that where such land or portion has passed into more than three such hands and the person holding such land or portion, immediately before the 3rd August, 1967, is a person to whom it has passed by inheritance or bequest, the exemp!ion under this section shall apply to such land or portion thereof, as the case may be, during the life time of such person.] For Haryana only I[19-DD. Further exemption of certain lands.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act where any land is granted for gallantry. at any time before the 26th day of January, 1950 to any member of the Armed Forces, whether maintained by the Central Government, or by any Indian State, then, so long as such land or any portion thereof, as the case may be. has not passed from the original grantee into more than three successive hands by inheritance or bequest, and is held by the grantee or any such hands, such land or portion as the case may be shall not be taken into account in computing the surplus area under this Act, nor shall any tenant of such land or portion have the right to purchase it under Section 18: Provided that where such land or portion, as the case may be, has passed into more than three such hands and the person holding such land or portion, immediately before the commencement of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures (Haryana Amendment) Act, 1967, is a person to whom it has passed by inheritance or bequest. the exemption under this section shall apply to such land or portion thereof, as the case may be, during the life time of such person.] 2[19-E. Land owned by Hindu undivided family to b deemed land of one landowner.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force - (a) where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a landowner and his descendants constitute a Hindu undivided family the land owned by such family shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the land of that landowner and no descendant shalL as member of such family, be entitled to claim that in respect of his share of such land he is a landowner in this own right; and (b) a partition ofland owned by a Hindu undivided family referred to in clause (a) shall be deemed to be a disposition of land for the purposes of Sections 10-A and 16. Explanation.- In this section, the expression "descendant" includes an adopted son. 1 Inserted by Haryana Act No. 12 of 1967. 2 Inserted by Punjab Act No. 14 of 1962 with effect from the 15th April, 1953. 19-F. Removal of certain doubts.- For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared - (a) that the State Government or any officer empowered in this behalf shall be competent and shall be deemed always to have been competent, to determine in the prescribed manner the surplus area referred to in Section IO-A of a landowner immediately before the commencement of this Act; and (b) that for evaluating the land of any person at any time under thIS Act, the land owned by him immediately before the commencement of this Act, or the land acquired by him after such commencement by inheritance or by bequest or gift from a person to whom he is an heir, shall always be evaluated for converting into standard acres as if the evaluation was being made on the date of such commencement, and that the land acquired by him after such commencement in any other manner shall always be evaluated for converting into standard acres as if the evaluation was being made on the date of such acquisition.