Land Act, 1936

Amendment of section 29 of the Land Act, 1933.

28.—The tenant or proprietor of land which is declared land within the meaning of section 29 of the Land Act, 1933 , shall not be entitled under sub-section (1) of that section to require the Land Commission to declare and acquire his entire land or to provide him with a new holding if the wife or the husband of such tenant or proprietor is or such tenant or proprietor and his wife or her husband are severally or jointly (whether as joint tenants or tenants-in-common) the owner or owners of land the market value of which exceeds the sum of two thousand pounds or if the market value of the land (other than the declared land) owned by such tenant or proprietor together with the market value of the land owned by the wife or the husband of such tenant or proprietor exceeds the sum of two thousand pounds.