Section 40. Taluqdari Settlement-officer to be

40. Taluqdari Settlement-officer to be .—The said Taluqdari Settlement-officer for the time being shall, unless the Local Government in any case otherwise directs, be— (a) deemed an officer under Bombay Act VI of 1862, section 1; —deemed to be an officer appointed under section 1 of the said Bombay Act No. VI of 1862, to manage all estates with respect to which a declaration is or has been made and published under the said section;— (b) Assistant to certain Collectors. —an Assistant to the respective Collectors of Ahmedabad, Kaira and Broach.