Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) (a) Subject to the provisions of Chapter VI, the ceiling area in the case of every person and in the case of every family consisting of not more than five members, shall be 6 standard hectares. (b) The ceiling area in the case of every family consisting of more than five members shall, subject to the provisions of Chapter – VI, be 6 standard hectares together with an additional 1.2 standard hectares for every member of the family in excess of five; Provided that the total extent of land held by any family shall in no case exceed twice the ceiling area referred to in clause (a). (2) For the purposes of this section, all the lands held individually by the members of a family or jointly by some or all of the members of such family shall be deemed to be held by the family. (3) (a) In calculating the extent of land held by a member of a family or by an individual person, the share of the member of the family or of the individual person in the land held by an undivided Hindu family shall be taken into account. (b) In calculating the extent of land held by a family or by an individual person, the share of the family or of the individual person in the land held by a firm, society or association of individuals (whether incorporated or not) or by a company (other than a non-agricultural company) shall be taken into account. Explanation.– For the purposes of this section – (a) the share of a member of a family or of an individual person in the land held by an undivided Hindu family, and (b) the share of a family or of an individual person in the land held by a firm, society or association of individuals (whether incorporated or not), or by a company (other than a non-agricultural company), shall be deemed to be the extent of land – (i) which, in case such share is held on the appointed day would have been allotted to such member, person or family had such land been partitioned, or divided in proportion to the share held by such member, person or family, as the case may be, on such day; or 170 (ii) which, in case such share is acquired in any manner whatsoever after the appointed day would be allotted to such member, person or family if a partition, or division in proportion to the share held by such member, person or family, were to take place on the date of the preparation of the draft statement under sub-section (1) of section 9. (4) In calculating the extent of land held by any person, any land which was transferred by sale, gift or otherwise or partitioned by that person after the appointed day but before the commencement of this Act, shall be taken into account as if such land had not been transferred or partitioned, as the case may be. (5) (a) The land held by the public trust referred to in the proviso to clause (30) of section 2 shall be deemed to be held by the founder of the trust or his heirs or the family of the founder or of his heirs. (b) In calculating the extent of land held by such founder or his heirs or such family, the extent of the land held by the public trust shall be taken into account. (6) In calculating the extent of land held by any person, the extent of land which may revert to such person immediately after the death of any limited owner shall, during the lifetime of the limited owner, be excluded. Basis of calculation of the extent of land held by the founder of a public trust