(1) Approval has to be obtained from the prescribed committee to cultivate any not registered land.
(2) Application has to be made to the prescribed committee for approval to cultivate the not registered land.
(3) Only those persons who have not any land of their own up to the prescribed ceiling as tenants or land holders shall be entitled to make application pursuant to Sub-section (2).
(4) Subject to this Act and the Rules, the prescribed committee framed under this Act and other prevailing Nepal law may grant approval to the persons as referred to in Sub-section (3) to cultivate the not registered land.
(5) In granting approval by the prescribed committee pursuant to Sub-section (4), the terms for cultivation of such land and the fee therefor shall be as prescribed. Provided that,-
(a) Nothing contained in this Section shall empower such committee to grant approval to cultivate any land prohibited from being cultivated or registered pursuant
to 45 Sub-section (1) of Section 24.
(b) The prescribed committee shall not grant approval to any person to cultivate any land incapable of being registered as cultivated presently in the name of such person for any reason.
(c) If more than one person makes an application for approval to cultivate any land, approval shall be granted according to the priority as prescribed.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section, if settlement is to be made in the land of any area, Government of Nepal may get the land within the specified ceiling sold and distributed pursuant to the prevailing Nepal law relating to resettlement.
(7) In granting approval by the prescribed committee to cultivate the land or selling or distributing the land for settlement pursuant to Sub- section (6), the prescribed committee or the concerned authority shall get such land registered.
(8) The Land Revenue Office shall implement the decision or order made by the concerned committee or authority under this Section in such manner as prescribed