(1) Except in cases of acquisition by way of partition or succession, no person shall, after the commencement of Section 8, undertake any land for tilling it as a tenant, in excess of the upper ceiling specified in that Section. In the event of such undertaking, such person shall, by order of the prescribed authority,19 be punished with a fine not exceeding Rs. 5,00/- (Five Hundred Rupees) and shall also be evicted from the land being tilled in excess of such upper ceiling. Provided that, Government of Nepal shall, in such manner as prescribed, acquire, sell and dispose of the tenancy right over such excess land where the land in excess of the upper ceiling specified in
Section 8 is being tilled since before the commencement of that Section as well as the tenancy right over such excess land where the tenancy right over the land in excess of the upper limit is acquired by way of partition or succession after the commencement of Section 8. If Government of Nepal is of the opinion that compensation should be given to the concerned tenant in respect of the tenancy right acquired in regard to a land in any specified area, Government of Nepal may make or cause to be made arrangements for providing or causing to be provided compensation at the prescribed rate. (2) If any person acquires land in contravention of Section 10, such person shall, by order of the prescribed authority, 20 be punished with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand Rupees); and out of the land so acquired, the land that is beyond the ceiling of land allowed to be owned by that person pursuant to Section 7 shall be confiscated. (3)21 ….