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Cezlmg area.-(l) The cellmg area of land shall be,- (a) in the case of an adult unmarried person or a family consisting of not more than five members, twelve standard acres; and (b) in the case of a famdy conSISting of more than five members, twelve stand:trd acres increased by one standard acre for each member in exces, of five, so however that the total extent of the ceihng area shall not exceed twenty standard acres: Prov1ded thc:~t the ce1ling area shall, in no case, be- ( z) less than fifteen acres in extent, or (zz) more than thirty-stx acres in extent. (2) For the purposes of this Chapter, all the lands owned or held individually by the members of a fam1ly or jomtly by some or all of the members of such family shall be deemed to be owned or held by the family •. (3) In calculating the extent of land owned or held by a family or an adult unmarried person, the shares of the members of the fam1ly or the adult unmatried person, as the case may be, in the lands owned or held by a co-operative society, or by an institutton, or by a joint famdy, shall be taken into account. Explanatzon.-For the purposes of this sub-section, the share of a member of a family or an adult unm.1rned person in the lands owned or held by a co-operative soc1ety, or by an institutiOn, or by a joint family, shall be deemed to be the extent of land whtch would be allotted to such member or person had such lands been dtvided or partitioned, as the case may be, on the date notified under sub-secuon (I) of sectton 83. (4) Where, after the commencement of this Act, any class of land spectfied m Schedule 11 has been converted mto any other class of land spectfied therein, the extent of land that may be owned or held by a fam1ly or adult unmarned person O\"vning or holding such land at the time of the conversion shall be determined Without taking into account such convers1on. (5) The lands own<'d or held by a private trust or a private institutiOn shall be deemed to be lands owned or held by the person creating the trust or estabhshmg the mstttution, or, 1f he 1s not ahv(', by Ius successors-m-intercst. (6) In computing the ceilmg area, lands exempted under section 81 shall be excluded. Explanatzon I. -For the purposes of this section, where a person has two or more legally wedded w1ves hving, the husband, one of the w1ves named by him for the purpose and their unmarried minor children shall 3/26-4a • 52 be deemed to be one family; and the other wife or each of the other wives and her unmarried minor children shall be deemed to be a separate fam1ly. Explanation Il.-For the purposes of this section, an adult unmar- ried person shall include a divorced husband or divorced wife who has not remarried : Provided that if such divorced husband or divorced wife is the guardian of any unmarried minor ch1ld, he or she together with such unmarned child shall be deemed to be a family.