1[(1) Save as provided in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 4 of this Act, aggregate land held in ownership or as tenant or otherwise by, or vested under this Act in, an individual or all members of a family shall not exceed the ceiling area.]
(2) Where, after the first day of September, 1971, any land has been or is acquired by any such place of worship or waqf or dharamshala or public trust or institution or individual or member as is mentioned in sub-section (1) by purchase gift, bequest, inheritance, mortgage, family settlement, degree or order of a court or by any other mode whatsoever and in consequence thereof, the total extent of land owned by such place of worship or waqf or dharamshala or public trust or institution or individual or family, exceed the limit provided for in sub-section (1), the retention or possession of such land, as may be in excess shall, be invalid and all rights, title and interest in such excess land shall extinguish and vest in the 2[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].
(2) Where, after the first day of September, 1971, any land has been or is acquired by any such place of worship or waqf or dharamshala or public trust or institution or individual or member as is mentioned in sub-section (1) by purchase gift, bequest, inheritance, mortgage, family settlement, degree or order of a court or by any other mode whatsoever and in consequence thereof, the total extent of land owned by such place of worship or waqf or dharamshala or public trust or institution or individual or family, exceed the limit provided for in sub-section (1), the retention or possession of such land, as may be in excess shall, be invalid and all rights, title and interest in such excess land shall extinguish and vest in the 2[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].
Source footnotes
1. Sub-section (1) substituted by Act No. V of 1978, s. 6.2. Substituted for “State” by S.O. 3808 (E) of 2020 dated 26.10.2020.
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