(1) If an occupancy-tenant transfers
any portion of his right in any land in contravention of the provisions of the last foregoing section, any
such person as would be entitled to inherit his right in the holding in the event of his death without nearer
heirs, or the landlord from whom the tenant held the land, may, on application to a Revenue-officer, made
within two years from the date on which in pursuance of the transfer the tenant parted with possession of
the land, be placed in possession, subject, so far as the Revenue-officer may, in accordance with rules
made by the Local Government, determine, to his acceptance of the liabilities of the transferring tenant
for arrears of rent and for advances made by the landlord or other persons for the necessary expenses of
cultivation.
(2) As among several persons so entitled and being desirous of being placed in possession, the right to be so placed shall accrue in the order in which such persons would have inherited the right of the tenant in the subject of the transfer if the tenant had died. Failing any such persons, the right shall accrue to the landlord.
(2) As among several persons so entitled and being desirous of being placed in possession, the right to be so placed shall accrue in the order in which such persons would have inherited the right of the tenant in the subject of the transfer if the tenant had died. Failing any such persons, the right shall accrue to the landlord.