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effected on, or a life-interest created in, a part only of an 

 economic holding would be unlawful. 



(b) A trust under which the whole of an economic holding 

 was vested in one trustee for the benefit of one beneficiary, 

 would be lawful, but a trust which would vest the beneficial 

 interest in several parts of the land in two or more persons 

 would be unlawful. 



(c) An economic holding cannot become the property of a 

 firm of partners. 



Cultivation and Occupation of Economic Holding by two or 

 more Persons, or of a Part only of an Economic Holding, 

 Prohibited. 



17. Every instrument and every agreement purporting 

 to provide — 



(a) for the cultivation or occupation of an economic 

 holding by two or more persons, or 



(6) for the cultivation or occupation by any person of any 

 part only of an economic holding, 



shall be void whether such instrument or agreement purports 

 to affect any interest in the land or not. 



Laiv of Succession. 



18. On the death intestate of the person entitled to an 

 economic holding, the heir of such person shall, for the 

 purpose of succession to such holding, be determined in 

 accordance with the rules contained in the schedule. 



Power of Collector to send Certificate to Court. 



19. (1) Where it appears to the collector that by virtue 

 of or in execution of a decree or order of any court in 

 British India any part only of an economic holding or any 

 interest in such holding has passed or may pass into the 

 possession of any person in contravention of the provisions 

 of this Act, the collector may send a certificate under his 



