Section 29. (1) Where

29. (1) Where Sub. by 8.2 + Sch I of Act 34 of 1939. Indian Tea Control. [ACT VIII Grant of permission to plant tea in special circumstances. 29. (1) Where any land which was on the 31st day of March, 1933, planted with tea— (a) has since become wholly incapable of carrying tea through subsidence, flood, erosion, earthquake or other irresistible superhuman cause, or (b) has since been compulsorily acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, I of 1894, or of any other law for the time being in force and no longer carries tea, the owner of the tea estate in which such land was situated may apply to the Committee for permission to plant tea on land not planted with tea. (2) Upon such application being made and upon proof to the satisfaction of the Committee that the applicant is entitled to the benefit of sub-section (1), the Committee may grant permission to plant tea on land not planted with tea: Provided that the area of land, in respect of which such permission is granted, shall be within the area of the same tea estate and shall not exceed in extent the area of the land incapable of carrying tea or compulsorily acquired, as the case may be. (3) All areas of land in respect of which permission to plant tea is granted under this section shall be excluded when computing for the purposes of section 27 the total area of land in respect of which the permissions referred to in section 26 may be granted. Tea nurseries.