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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, or in any judgement, decree or order of any Court or in any custom, contract or other document, with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, the ownership and possession of all ecologically fragile lands held by any person or any other form of right over them, shall stand transferred to and vested in the Government free from all encumbrances, and the right, title and interest of the owner or any other person thereon shall stand extinguished from the said date. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply in respect of any land cultivated with coffee or cardamom held by an owner under valid registration for the plantation raised after obtaining due permission from legally competent authorities. (3) The lands vested in Government under sub-section (1) shall be notified in the Gazette by the Custodian and the notification shall be placed before the Advisory Committee constituted under Section 15 for this perusal.