“ bu t it shall not exceed, in any case, the ren t paid by his imm ediate landlo rd to the la tter ’s landlo rd by more than 50 p er cen t” .
13. In the proviso to section 39 of the prin cipal Act , 1 4 V*
(j) for the words ‘this Act’ and ‘ten yea rs’ the words ‘the Assam (Te mpo rary -Settled Districts) Ten anc y (Amendm ent) Act, 1953 and ‘five year s’ shall respectively be substituted.
(i t) the words “ under a privileged ra iy at ” shall be omi tted .
Amendmen t of section 42 of Assam Act IH o f 1935.
Amendment of section 63 of Assam Act H I of 1935.
14. In the proviso Act, the words “ held be dele ted.
to section 42 of the prin cipal under a privi leged ra iy at ” shall I 1
15. In the proviso to section 63 of the Ac t, the words “ of a privi leged ra iy at ’s rig ht s” deleted.
principa l shall be Amendment 16. In section 109 of th e prin cipal Act •— of section 109 n i^ o f m ^ 1 (1) in sub-section (1) the words “ if the ten an t be a privi leged raiyat or an occupancy rai ya t” shall be deleted .
(2) for the prov iso to sub-section (1) the following shall be substituted, namely :•— “ Prov ided th at in the case of a hold ing in an estat e per tainin g to a religious ins titut ion , if the highes t bid be that of a member of a different relig ion from the one to which the insti tut ion belongs the landlord shall have the option , to be declared in writ ing to the Court within 30 days of the sale, of purchasing the holding at the highest bid.”
(3) for sub-section (2) the following shall be subst i tu ted, namely “ (2) Notwithstand ing any thin g con tain ed in sub section (1) above, the Court ma y, on the app lica tion of the lan dlo rd, proceed to execute the decree against the person or any other pro perty of the defau lte r.” I Amendment of section 114 of Assam Act I I I of 1935.