In the case of an alienated land to which the provisions of section 6, 7 or 8 do not apply,
(a) if such land is in the actual possession of the alience or is in the possession of a person holding through or from him other than an inferior holder, such alienee, and
(b) if such land is in the possession of an inferior holder, such inferior holder, shall be primarily liable to the State Government for the payment of land revenue due in respect of the land held by him and shall be entitled to all the rights and shall be liable to all the obligations in respect of such land as an occupant under the Code or the rules made thereunder :
Provided that if in respect of an alienated land the alienation consists of the grant of the soil with or without exemption from payment of land revenue, the alienee or the inferior holder, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the rights of an occupant in respect of such land on payment to the State Government of the occupancy price equal to six times the amount of the full assessment of such land within the prescribed period:
Provided further that if under the terms of the alienation such land was not alienable except with the permission of a competent authority, the occupancy of the land shall not be transferable or partible by metes and bounds without the previous sanction of the Collector and except on payment of such amount as the State Government may by general or special order determine.