Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Omitted by Act 56 of 2020 w.e.f 13.07.2020. The previous text read as follows.- ―3[(iii) who is not an agricultural labourer; or (iv) who is disentitled under section 79A or section 79B to acquire or hold any land:]3 Provided that the 4[the Deputy Commissioner]4 having jurisdiction over the area or any officer not below the rank of an 4[the Deputy Commissioner]4 authorised by the State Government in this behalf in respect of any area may grant permission for such sale, gift, or exchange, 3[to enable a person other than a person disentitled to acquire or hold land under section 79A or section 79B]3 who bona fide intend taking up agriculture to acquire land on such conditions as may be prescribed in addition to the following conditions, namely:— (i) that the transferee takes up agriculture within one year from the date of acquisition of land, and (ii) that if the transferee gives up agriculture within five years, the land shall vest in the State Government subject to payment to him of an amount equal to eight times the net annual income of the land or where the land has been purchased, the price paid for the land, if such price is less than eight times the net annual income of the land.‖ 1[(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to lands granted under section 77.]1