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( 1 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act, or any law, agreement, custom or usage to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of this section, a tenant holding land from a landlord shall, subject to the provisions of section 42, be entitled to purchase from the landlord,- ( a ) where the landlord fails to make an application as required by section 57B, the entire land so held by him; and (b) in any other case, such part of the land held by the tenant as is left with him after the termination of tenancy under section 57B. ( 2 ) The right to purchase land under sub-section ( 1 ) shall be exercised within one year from the date on which possession of the land is obtained by the landlord in pursuance of the provisions of section 57B; or as the case may be, after the expiry of the period referred to in the proviso to sub section ( 2 ) of section 57B; and intimation of exercise of the right shall be sent to the landlord and the Tribunal in the prescribed manner within the period aforesaid. ( 3 ) The provisions of sections 43 and 44 shall apply to the purchase of the land by a tenant under sub-section ( 1 ) as those provisions apply in relation to the purchase of land under section 41.