¹[26A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract, no non-agricultural tenant shall sub-let the whole or any part of his tenancy on any terms or conditions whatsoever. (2) If any tenancy or any part of a tenancy is sub-let, in contravention of the provision of sub-section (1), the interest of the non-agricultural tenant in the tenancy or in that part of the tenancy, as the case may be, shall be extinguished, and the tenancy or the part of the tenancy shall vest in the Provincial Government from the date of such sub-letting free from all encumbrances.]