(1) Save and except as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in section 5 shall apply to any evacuee property of an evacuee, situated within an urban area, if the evacuee left West Bengal for a place in Pakistan, prior to the 1st day of January, 1950.
(2) The provisions of section 5 shall apply to an evacuee property of an evacuee situated within an urban area held by the evacuee as a tenant-at-will or a thika tenant or a Cancellation of Collector's Order and delivery of possession.
Exceptions, etc.
4 The West Bengal Evacuee Property Act, 1951.
[West Ben. Act Exemption of evacuee - property from attachment, etc.
Expenses incurred by the Collector.
Maintenance of accounts and payments to the evacuee or his successor.
Delegation of powers by the Collector.
Constitution of the Committee.
(Sections 7-11.)
monthly tenant, if, and only if on the date of the application under sub-section (1) of section 5, such property is not in the possession of a person other than the evacuee, holding under a lease granted by or with the authority of the immediate landlord of the evacuee.