7. You shall be at free liberty to transfer without the previous consent of Government or of any other authority to whomsoever you may think proper either by sale, gift or otherwise your proprietary right in the whole or in any part of your Zemindari such transfer of land shall be valid and recognised by the courts and officers of Government provided they shall not be repugnant to the Muhammadan or Hindu Laws or to the regulations of the British Government, but unless such sale, gift or transfer shall have been regularly registered at the office of the Collector, such sale, gift, or transfer shall be of no legal force or effect, nor shall such transactions relieve you from the payment of any part of the public land tax assessed on your entire Zemindari previously to such transfer, but your whole Zemindari shall continue to be answerable for the total land tax in the same manner as if no such transaction had occurred.
