Section 20. Execution-sale of ancestral and acquired property in land

1[ 20. Execution-sale of ancestral and acquired property in land.— So much of section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (5 of 1908) as renders land liable to sale in execution of a decree shall be subject to the following restriction:—No ancestral land shall be sold in satisfaction of a decree without the permission of the State Government. Explanation .—In this section the words " ancestral land " mean — (a) land forming a mahal or share in or portion of a mahal, which has been owned continuously from the conclusion of the first regular settlement by the proprietor, which term shall include an under-proprietor as defined in section 4, clause (15), of the United Provinces Land-revenue Act, 1901, (U.P.3 of 1901) or by the person or persons from whom such proprietor has directly or indirectly inherited such land; (b) land forming an estate or part of an estate as defined in the Oudh Estates Act, 1869 (1 of 1869); (c) land conferred by the British Government as a reward for services rendered to the State on the owner or on a person from whom such owner has directly or directly inherited such land; or (d) the interest of the holder of a grant of land revenue conferred by the British or any former Government on him or on a person from whom he has directly or indirectly inherited such interest.] 21. [ Appointment of manager of land attached. ]— Rep. by the Oudh Civil Courts Act , 1879 (13 of 1879).