Every person belonging to one or another of the following classes shall be a hereditary tenant, and subject to any contract which is not contrary to the provisions of Section 4 shall be entitled to all the rights conferred, and be subject to all the liabilities imposed on hereditary tenants by this Act, namely :
(a) every person who is, at the commencement of this Act, a tenant of land otherwise than as a permanent tenure-holder, a fixed-rate tenant, a tenant holding on special terms in Oudh, an exproprietary tenant, an occupancy tenant, or except as otherwise provided in this Act, as a sub-tenant, as a tenant or a tenant of sir,
(b) every person who is, after the commencement of this Act, admitted as a tenant otherwise than as a tenant of sir or as a sub-tenant;
(c) every person who, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, acquires hereditary rights.
1[Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, 'sub-tenant' does not include a person who holds land from a relation, dependant or servant of the landholders, unless such relation, dependent or servant proves to the satisfaction of the Court that he is a genuine tenant of such land and has not been admitted to prevent the accrual of hereditary rights in favour of such person.]
(a) every person who is, at the commencement of this Act, a tenant of land otherwise than as a permanent tenure-holder, a fixed-rate tenant, a tenant holding on special terms in Oudh, an exproprietary tenant, an occupancy tenant, or except as otherwise provided in this Act, as a sub-tenant, as a tenant or a tenant of sir,
(b) every person who is, after the commencement of this Act, admitted as a tenant otherwise than as a tenant of sir or as a sub-tenant;
(c) every person who, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, acquires hereditary rights.
1[Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, 'sub-tenant' does not include a person who holds land from a relation, dependant or servant of the landholders, unless such relation, dependent or servant proves to the satisfaction of the Court that he is a genuine tenant of such land and has not been admitted to prevent the accrual of hereditary rights in favour of such person.]
1Add by U.P. Act No. 10 of 1947. w.e.f. 14.06.1947