Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
*[(1) On the determination of the extent and other particulars of the lands, the ownership or possession or both of which is or are to be surrendered under section 95, the ownership or possession or both, as the case may be of the land shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, vest in the Government free from all encumbrances and the Land Board shall issue an order accordingly]. (2) On receipt of *[the order of the Land Board under sub-section (1)], such person shall make the surrender demanded, in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) Where any person fails to make the surrender demanded, the Land Board may authorise any officer to take possession or assume ownership of the land in such manner as may be prescribed. *[ (4) Where the ownership of any land vests in the Government under sub- section (1), the rights of the intermediary, if any, in respect of the land shall stand extinguished, and where possession of any land which was in the possession of a cultivating tenant vests in the Government under that sub-section, the ownership of such land shall vest in the Government and the rights of the intermediary, if any, in respect of such land shall stand extinguished. **[(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act, where any land is indicated in the statement under sub-section (2) of section 95 as land proposed to be surrendered, the Land Board may, pending determination under sub-section (5) of section 95 of the extent and identity of the land to be surrendered by the person who has filed the statement or on whose behalf the statement has been filed, take possession of such land if it is satisfied that such person is in possession of the land and has legal title to such possession and that the land is fit for surrender, and thereupon the provisions of sub-section (4) shall, so far as may be, apply in respect of such land.] ________________________________________________________________________ ** Inserted vide Act No.1 of 1981 w.e.f 1-4-1981vide Notification published in the Extraordinary Gazette No.32 dated 30.03.1981. * Substituted vide Act No.1 of 1981 w.e.f 1-4-1981vide Notification published in the Extraordinary Gazette No.32 dated 30.03.1981. 175 Excess land obtained by gift etc., to be surrendered