Section 56. Devolution and transfer of village-service-tenant’s right.

(1) When a village-service tenant dies, resigns or is lawfully dismissed, his right in his village-service-holding shall pass to his village service-holding shall pass to his successor in office : Provided that the Local Government may, by general or special order, direct that, where, on the resignation, dismissal or death of a village watchman or patwari, his successor in office is not his heir, the village-service-tenure shall cease, in which case the holding shall be retained in occupancy-tenant-right by the late village-service tenant or shall devolve in occupancy-tenant-right on his heir, as the case may be, at a rent which for the remainder of the term of the current s (2) A transaction by which a village-service-tenant attempts to effect a transfer of his interest in his village-service-holding by sale, gift, mortgage, sub-lease or otherwise except by a sub-lease for a period not exceeding one year shall be void, and the village-Service-tenant shall be liable to be ejected for such attempt. (3) The right of a village-service-tenant shall not be sold in execution of a decree.