No person or a member of a family unit shall at any time, on or after the commencement date, acquire by transfer any land if he, or as the case may be, the family unit already holds land in excess of the ceiling area or land which together with any other land already held by such person, or as the case may be, the family unit, will exceed in the total the ceiling area.
Explanation.- In this section, transfer has the same meaning as in section 8.
Explanation.- In this section, transfer has the same meaning as in section 8.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 2A · Constitution and reconstitution of Tribunals.Section 3 · Prohibition on holding land in excess of ceiling area; and area in excess of ceiling to be surplus land.Section 4 · Land held by family unit.Section 5 · Ceiling area.Section 6 · Lands held in excess of ceiling area deemed to be within ceiling area in certain circumstances.Section 7 · Persons holding both exempted land and other land.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.