Clause (XI) of Section 2 of the Principal Act shall be subs tituted by the following, na mely:— “ town land means any la nd w ithin an are a declared or deemed to be a munic ipa lity o r notified are a under the Assam Mu nic ipa l Act , 1923 (Assam Act I of 1923) and any oth er land which the Sta te Government may dec lare un de r the Assam L and and Revenue Regulat ion , 1886 (Regulatio n I of 1886) or under the provisions of this Act, to be town lan d” .
/ 3. Amendment of Section 11 of Assa m Act VIII of 1936.—
(1) In sub-section (2) of Section 11 of the P rin cip al Act , the figures “24” and “40 ” shall be sub stituted by the figures “ 30” and “ 50” respectively.
(2) Th e existing proviso under sub-section (2) of Section 11 of the Principal Act shall be substitu ted by the following, na m ely:— “ Provided th at for the purp ose of app lyin g this sub-section, any land which, in the opinion of the Sta te Government had, immedia tely before the settl ement, been held on concess ional terms or settled or used for special cult ivat ion or any villages which were imma ture at th e time of the last sett lement, shall be left ou t of account, and the limitat ions men tion ed in sub-sec tion (2) shall n ot apply to such lands.”