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(Act, XXXI of 1950), shall be entitled to make a fresh reservation before the Section---2 (c) who has been allotted land less than thirty standard acres, the permissible area shall be thirty standard acres, including any other land or part thereof, if any, that he owns in addition. Explanation. - For the purposes of determining the permissible area of a displaced person, the provisions of provisoA shall not apply to the heirs •'and-succi4S-SdfrS-iff'thb—diSPrlked person to whom land is allotted. (4) "Res_ervecLaree_means_the area-lawfully-reserved-under the Punjab Tenants (Security of Tenures) Act, 1950 (Act XXII of 1950), as amended by President's Act of 1951 hereinafter referred to as the "1950 Act" or under this Act. - • (5) "Standard acre" means a measure of area convertible into ordinary acres of any class of land according to the prescribed scale with reference to the quantity of yield and quality of soil. (5-a) "Surplus area" means the area other than the reserved area, and where no area has been reserved, the area in excess of the permissPible area selected under Section 5-B or the area which is deemed to the surplus area under sub- section (1) of Section 5-C and includes the area in excess of the permissible area I. selected under Section 19-B, but it will not include a tenant's permissible area: Provided that it will include the reserved area, or part thereof, where such area or part has not been brought under self-cultivation within six month's of reserving the same or getting possession thereof after ejecting a tenant from it whichever is 'later, or if the landowner admits a new tenant, within three years of the expiry of the said six months. . (6) "Tenant" has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, and includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder, as defihed in Section 2 of the Resettlement Act: (7) "Year' means an agricultural year as defined in Section 4 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887. (8) "Land" all other terms used, but not defined in this Act, shall have the same meaning as are assigned to them in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 1887). (9) "Self-cultivation" means cultivation by a landowner either personally or through his wife or children, or through such of his relations 'as may be prescribed, or under his supervision. • (10) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. (11) "Displaced person" has the meaning assigned to it in the East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land Resettlement) Act, 1959. Case Law • Section 2(3)—Permissible area—Cannot be more than 60 ordinary Acres= Wrong to hold that permissible area of land owner cannot be less than 60 ordinary Acres; Smt. Kaushalya Devi v. State of Haryana through the Collector, Hisar; 2002(1) Land L.R. (F.C. liar.) 144 4 THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES ACT, 1953 Section---5 and 5A allotted. expiry of six months from the date of his obtaining possession of the and so Provided that in making his fresh reservation he shall include to the extent of the permissible area firstly the land he has under self cultivation and secondly such land out of his previous reservation, as has not passed out of his possession as a result of the said revision or modification of allotment.