90. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no person shall, after the commencement of this Part, be entitled to purchase or otherwise acquire, except in accordance with the provisions of this Part, any quantity of land which added to the total quantity of land already held by him for himself and his family exceeds three hundred and seventy-five standard bighas. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the holding of a raiyat or a share or portion thereof shall not be transferred whether by sale or gift or bequest or otherwise or by sale in execution of a decree or of a certificate signed under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, except to a bona fide cultivator, and any other tenancy or a share or portion thereof shall not be transferred by any such means except to a person, who holds for the time being lands for himself and his family of a total area of less than three hundred and seventy-five standard bighas; and no such transfer shall be valid if, on such transfer, the area of the land so transferred added to the area of land held by the transferee at the time of such transfer exceeds three hundred and seventy five standard bighas: Provided that nothing in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall render a transfer to any person or co-operative society invalid where the total area of the land held by such person or co-operative society on such transfer exceeds three hundred and seventy-five standard bighas, if- (i) such person has been certified by the prescribed Revenue Authority to be a person who has undertaken large scale farming by the use of power driven mechanical appliances, and (ii) in the case of a co-operative society, the prescribed Revenue Authority has certified that such society has been formed by a group of cultivating land owners for better farming, irrespective of whether it uses power driven mechanical appliances or not, and that the ownership of the land has been transferred unconditionally to the society by the individual members, and, in either case, such transfer is limited to the extent specified in the certificate granted by such Revenue Authority: Provided further that nothing in sub-section (1) or (2) shall apply to the transfer of lands to a person who is bona fide carrying on the cultivation of tea or to a co-operative society or company which is bona fide carrying on the cultivation of sugarcane for the purpose of manufacture of sugar by that society or company or to any other company the object of which is to develop industries by the manufacture of commodities. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or (2), a person who is not a bona fide cultivator, may, with the previous written permission of the prescribed Revenue Authority, purchase or otherwise acquire such quantity of land as may be specified in such permission, for occupation and use for commercial or industrial purposes or for charitable or religious purposes. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or (2), a person who is not a bona fide cultivator, may, with the previous written permission of the prescribed Revenue Authority, purchase or otherwise acquire, such quantity of land as may be specified in the permission, for the purpose of constructing a dwelling house for himself and his family or for the purpose of cultivating such land by himself or by the members of his family or by, or with the aid of, servants or labourers or with the aid of partners or bargadars; and such person shall hold the land so acquired as a tenant under the Government: Provided that no such person shall be allowed to hold any area of land in excess of the limit imposed in sub-section (1): Provided further that, in case of land acquired by such person for the purpose of constructing a dwelling house for himself or his family, if no dwelling house is constructed on the land within five years from the date of such acquisition, the right of such person in such land shall be extinguished and the land shall vest on the Government. (5) Any transfer of a holding or tenancy or of a share or portion thereof made in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be void, and the lands comprised in the holding or tenancy or share or portion thereof so transferred shall vest absolutely in the Government free from all encumbrances.