Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no land shall, after the appointed day, be— (a) transferred whether by way of sale (including sale in execution of a decree of a Civil Court or of an award or order of any other competent authority) or by way of gift, exchange, lease or otherwise, or (b) sub-divided (including sub-division by a decree or order of a Civil Court or any other competent authority) whether by 39[ partition, family arrangement] or otherwise, except with the permission in writing of the Collector. (2) The Collector may refuse to give such permission if in his opinion the transfer of sub-division of land is likely to defeat the object of this Act. (3) In computing under the provisins of this Act, the area of surplus land, if any, held by a person, the transfer or sub-division of land made by or on behalf of, such person in contravention of sub-section (1) shall be ignored. (4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to a person who hold land not exceeding the ceiling area.