Section 53. Tenant changing land in accordance with village-custom

53. Tenant changing land in accordance with village-custom. —A tenant having a right of occupancy in land situate in a village in which the holdings of tenants are by custom liable to periodical re-distribution, and exchanging that land in accordance with the custom for other land situate in the same village, shall be deemed to have a right of occupancy in the land so taken in exchange. _________