41. Section 68 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -
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| | (1) The spouse of a deceased permit-holder, who at the time of his or her death was paying an annual sum by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 19A, or the spouse of an owner, fails to succeed to the land held by such permit-holder on the permit or to the holding of such owner, as the case may be-
| | | (a) if such spouse refuses to succeed to that land or holding, or |
| (b) if such spouse does not enter into possession of that land or holding within a period of six months reckoned from the date of the death of such permit holder or owner. |
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| | (2) A nominated successor fails to succeed to the land held on a permit by a permit-holder who at the time of his or her death was paving an annual sum by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 19A or to the holding of an. owner if he refuses to succeed to that land or holding, or, if the nominated successor does not enter into possession of that land or holding within a period of six months reckoned-
| | | (i) where such permit-holder or owner dies without leaving behind his or her spouse, from the date of the death of such permit-holder or owner; or |
| (ii) where such permit-holder or owner dies leaving behind his or her spouse, from the date of the failure of such spouse to succeed, such date being reckoned according to the provisions of paragraph (b) of sub-section (1), or of the death of such spouse, as the case may be.". |
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