Section 26. So long as this Act remains in force, no one shall plant tea in any land which was not planted with

CHAPTER III. CONTROL OVER THE EXTENSION OF TEA CULTIVATION. Method of control of extension of tea cultivation. 26. So long as this Act remains in force, no one shall plant tea in any land which was not planted with tea on the 31st day of March, 1938, save in pursuance of a written permission granted by or on behalf of the Committee: Provided that this section shall apply to the replacing of tea areas by planting new areas, but nothing in this section shall prohibit the infilling of or supplying of vacancies on land planted with tea at the 31st day of March, 1933, or the replanting of tea upon— (a) land planted with tea at the 31st day of March, 1933, from which the original bushes have been uprooted, or (b) land planted with tea at the 31st day of March 1931, from which the original bushes have been uprooted. Limitations to the extension of tea cultivation.