Section 3: Abolition of certain watans together with the right to hold office and the incidents thereof

(1) With effect on and from the appointed day, notwithstanding anything in any law, custom, usage, settlement, grant, sanad or order-

(a) all watans shall stand abolished;

(b) all rights connected with watans, including all rights to hold any office, whether hereditary, contractual or otherwise, and any liability to render service, appertaining to the watans, shall stand extinguished.

(c) any provision of law, usage or practice relating to the succession to any watan shall be void; and

(d) all other incidents appertaining to watans shall stand extinguished.

(2) Every watandar, hissedar or gumastha appertaining to a watan and holding such watan on the appointed day shall, notwithstanding anything in any contract, custom, usage or other settlement, cease to hold such watan on the abolition of the watans and he shall be entitled to hold any village office only subject to the rules made by the Governor under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution.