All land held rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent shall be liable to fixation of rent or revenue or to enhancement of rent, as the case may be, unless, -
(1) in Agra -
(a) it is held rent-free in a district or portion of a district which is permanently settled under a grant made prior to the permanent settlement; or
(b) it is held rent-free under a judicial decision of a date prior to the twenty- second day of December, 1873; or
(c) it is held rent-free by a holder whose title is based on a transfer of the land for valuable consideration made by the landlord or by a rent-free holder thereof before the twenty-second day of December, 1873, provided that at the date the right of the landlord to resume the land had been barred by Section 28 of Act No. X of 1859 or by Article 130 of the Second Schedule of the Indian Limitation Act, 1871; [ Xof 1852 XI 1871 ]
(2) in Oudh, - (a) it is held rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent under a Government grant; or
(b) it is held rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent under a judicial decision of a date prior to the first day of January, 1902; or
(c) it was acquired rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent for a valuable consideration before the tenth day of October, 1876, and the right to resume it, had, before that date, been barred by the law of limitation :
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any grants in Oudh to which the provisions of Section 79 of the United Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1901, are applicable. [ U.P. III of 1901 ]
(1) in Agra -
(a) it is held rent-free in a district or portion of a district which is permanently settled under a grant made prior to the permanent settlement; or
(b) it is held rent-free under a judicial decision of a date prior to the twenty- second day of December, 1873; or
(c) it is held rent-free by a holder whose title is based on a transfer of the land for valuable consideration made by the landlord or by a rent-free holder thereof before the twenty-second day of December, 1873, provided that at the date the right of the landlord to resume the land had been barred by Section 28 of Act No. X of 1859 or by Article 130 of the Second Schedule of the Indian Limitation Act, 1871; [ Xof 1852 XI 1871 ]
(2) in Oudh, - (a) it is held rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent under a Government grant; or
(b) it is held rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent under a judicial decision of a date prior to the first day of January, 1902; or
(c) it was acquired rent-free or at a favourable rate of rent for a valuable consideration before the tenth day of October, 1876, and the right to resume it, had, before that date, been barred by the law of limitation :
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any grants in Oudh to which the provisions of Section 79 of the United Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1901, are applicable. [ U.P. III of 1901 ]
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