Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 · Chapter V: Alienation Of, and Succession To, Right of Occupancy.
Section 57: Rights and liabilities of transferee of right of occupancy
When a right of occupancy has been transferred by sale, gift or usufructuary mortgage to a person other than the landlord, that person shall, in respect of the land in which the right subsists, have the same rights, and be subject to the same liabilities, as the tenant to whom before the transfer the right belonged had and was subject to.
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