154. (1) Every person, who held any land as a bhumidhar from before the date of commencement of this Code, shall pay and continue to pay to the State Government, the same amount of land revenue which he was liable to pay in respect of such land for the agricultural year preceding the year in which this Code comes into force.
(2) Every person, who after such commencement, acquires bhumidhari rights in any land shall, subject to the provisions of this Code, pay to the State Government the same amount of land revenue which was payable in respect of such land, immediately before the date of such acquisition.
(3) Every person who after such commencement, acquires bhumidhari rights in any land, where no land revenue was payable in respect of such land immediately before the date of such acquisition, shall be liable to pay land revenue determined by the Sub—Divisional Officer in accordance with such principles as may be prescribed.