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Declaration by members of a Lift Irrigation Society.- (1)(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, every person making an application for admission as a member of a lift irrigation society shall specify in such application, the particulars of the lands for which he desires supply of water by the lift irrigation society and, if the by-laws of such society so require, also make a declaration in the form prescribed, authorising the lift irrigation society to mortgage the lands specified in the application as security for any loan to be taken by the lift irrigation society in connection with, or to facilitate, the operation of such society. (b) Where a declaration referred to in clause (a) is made by any person and such person is admitted as a member of the lift irrigation society, such society shall be entitled to mortgage the lands specified in the declaration or any portion thereof in favour of the Government, any Land Development Bank or any other financing institution from which such society takes a loan (hereinafter in this section referred to as the creditor) and such mortgage shall be binding on the person who made the declaration and his successors-in-interest in such lands. 105 (c) Any lift irrigation society taking a loan from any financing institution (other than the Government and any Land Development Bank) shall obtain the prior approval of the Registrar. (2) No declaration made under sub-section (1) shall be varied or cancelled by a member without the previous written permission of the lift irrigation society and the lift irrigation society shall not given such permission without the approval of the creditor. (3) (a) No land in respect of which a declaration has been made under sub- section (1) or any part of such land or any interest in such land shall be sold or otherwise transferred without the previous written permission of the lift irrigation society, and such permission shall not be given by the lift irrigation society, and such permission shall not be given by the lift irrigation society without the approval of the creditor. (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, any transaction made in contravention of clause (a) shall be null and void. (4) The declaration made under sub-section (1) or any variation or cancellation thereof shall be sent by registered post by the lift irrigation society to the sub-registrar having jurisdiction over the area in which the lands are situated. (5) On receipt of the declaration, variation or cancellation, the sub-registrar shall, notwithstanding anything contained, in any law for the time being in force, register such declaration, variation or cancellation and issue a copy thereof to the lift irrigation society. (6) Any declaration made under sub-section (1) or any variation or cancellation thereof which has not been registered under sub-section (5) shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, be null and void.