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(1) Any owner may, by declcla ration made in f;TGon .th.e prescribed manner, donate his land for Bhoodan 'Yagna or for Gramdan: Provided tbat- (4 where a lanu is owned jointly by i,wo or more persons, the donation of such land shal1 not .be valid unless the declara- tion is signed by all such joint owaers; and (b) a declaration nzde by or on behalf of a person wlzo has not completed the age of 21 years shall not be valid. 42) :Every declaration made under sub-secfipn ( I ) shdll -be fikd brfore the Tahsildar within qhose juris- diction the land is situate: Provided that if the land is situate within the jurisdiction of mare than one Tahsildar the declara- tion may -be filed before the Tahsildar within whose jurisdiction any -portion ,of the land is situate. (3) Without prejudice to the generaIity of the ,foregoing .provisions no donation .of land made in pursuance of this Act by a .member of a Scheduled Tribe or Scheduled Caste for the purpose of Bhoodan Yagna or Gramdan, shall he declared invalid or inope-rative or ,otherwise open to cl~allsnge, merely on the,ground that any other law restricts or prohiblrs d~nsfers by members of such Tribes or .Castes wlthout previous consent of any*authority specsed in -any such law.