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(1) Any transaction of the nature prohibited by nature section 3 which took place, in the case of any com- specilied in munal or forest land, on or after the 31st day of TC.2yn3lObe October 1939, and in the case of any private land in a notified estate, on or after the 1st day'of November -1945, shall be void and inoperative and shall not confer or take away, or be deemed to have conferred or taken away, any right whatever on or from any party to the transaction : Provided that nothing contained in this sub- section shall be deemed to invalidate- (i) any such transaction in respect of any forest land entered into before the 27th day of June 1947, in favour of any religious, charitable or edu- cational institution, or of any hospital, or of any 'local board, municipal co~mcil or co-operative society Madras registered or deemed to be registered under the Madras ACtV1 Co-operative Societies Act, 1932,* or of any other 1932' public body or institution ; f 972 Ebates ~omm&l, ~ore&fb47: a d Private l;mrdr (Prohibition of A religious, charitable or educational institution, or ofany hospital, or of any 'local board, municipal council or cooperative society registered or deemed to be regis- tered under the Madras Co-operative Societies Act, f ; d ~ 1932*, or of any other public body or institution ; ,f 1932, (iii) any such transaction in respect of any ' forest or private land not exceeding twenty acres in extent, entered into, in the case of forest land, before the 27th day of June 1947, and in the case of private land, before the date on which the impartible estate I in which the land is situated is notified as aforesaid ; I (iv) any such transaction in respect of any forest or private land exceeding twenty acres in extent, 1 entered into before the respective dates specified in ,clause (iii), up to a limit of twenty acres chosen by I the assignee or alienee, the choice being limited as far as possible to contiguous land ; I (v) any such transaction in respect of any 1 forest or private land entered into before the respective dates specified in clause (iii), in favour of an assignee l or alienee in good faith and for valuable consideration. (2) Any choice made under clause (iv) of the proviso to sub-section (1) shall be communicated to the Collector of the district or such officer as may be authorized by him, in the case of forest land within three months from the date on which this Act comes into force and in the case of private land, within three months from that date or from the date on which the imparrible estate is notified as aforesaid, which- ever is later. (3)'If any dispute arises as to the validity of the claim of any person to any land under clauses (i) to (v) of the proviso to sub-section (I), it shall be open to such person or to any other person interested $ . * - ' p ' ', , * ' 6 i f 3 4 i : ' 1941: T.N. ~ c t et;UV] Esrotih and Private Lands (Prohibition of ABmdon) h the transaction or to the '[State] Government, to apply to the District Judge of the district in which the land is situated, for a decision as to the validity of ouch claim. + I (4) The District Judge to whom an2application is made under sub-section (3) shall, after giving notice to all the other persons concerned in the transaction or interested in the land and also, where the applica- tion is not made by the '[State] Government, to the '[State] Governrnenc, decide whether the claim to the land is valid or not ; and his decision shall be final. 4 (5) The '[State] Government may, by notifi- cation in the Fort St. George Gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this section into effect, and in particular as to the fees to be paid in respect of the applications referred to in sub-section (3), and the procedure of the District Judge, Central