(1) of section 4 are: (1) When the notification under section 3 in respect of any area has been published in the Gazette, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any contract, grant or document or any other law for the time being in force and save as otherwise provided in this Act, the consequence as hereinafter set forth shall, from the beginning of the date specified in such notification (hereinafter referred to as the date of vesting), ensue, namely (a) all rights, title and interest vesting in the proprietor in such area including land (cultivable or barren), shall cease and be vested in the State for purposes of the State free of all encumbrances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) the interest of the proprietor so acquired shall not be liable to attachment or sale in execution of any decree or other process of any court, civil or revenue, and any attachment existing at the date of vesting or any order for attachment passed before such date shall, subject to the provisions of section 73 of the , case to be in force." ' sub sections (2) and (3) of section 4 are as follows: (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub section (1), the proprietor shall continue 132 to retain the possession of his homestead, home farm land, and in the Central Provinces also of land brought under cultivation by him after the agricultural year 1948 49 but before .