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ACT VI OF 1973 BALUCHISTAN LAND REFORMS REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1973 ACT VI OF 1973 An Act to amend the Land Reforms Regulation, 1972 (M. L. R. 115) in its application to the Province of Baluchistan [Gazette of Baluchistan, Extraordinary, 8th February 1973] No. Legis. 4-44/Law/72.---The Baluchistan Land Reforms Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1973, having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Baluchistan on the 10th January 1973, and assented to by the Governor of Baluchistan on the 31st January 1973, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Legislature of Baluchistan. 10. Amendment of paragraph 22 of M. L. R. 115.---(1) In paragraph 22 of the Regulation, for sub-paragraphs (1), (3) and (6) the following paragraphs shall be substituted and shall be deemed always to have been so substituted, namely :- "(1) A joint holding with an area equal to or less than that of a subsistence holding shall not be partitioned, except where the joint-holders own, individually or jointly, other land in the same deh or village, and the partition has the effect of every such holder owning, whether individually or jointly, a holding with an area not less than that of a subsistence holding." ; "(3) A joint holding with an area equal to that of an economic holding shall not be partitioned, except where the joint-holders own other land in the same deh or village, and the partition has the effect of such holder owning, whether individually or jointly, a holding with an area not less than that of an economic holding."; and "(6) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to holdings jointly owned by- (a) evacuees and non-evacuees, required to be partitioned in accordance with the procedure prescribed under any Rehabilitation Settlement Scheme,; and (b) owners of land and occupancy tenants or Muqarrarridars, required to be partitioned in accordance with the procedure prescribed by or under any law for the time being in force.".