dollars or imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.". New section substituted for section 8 of Cap. 20:10 3. Section 9 of the principal Act is repealed and the following substituted "9 Eviction of owner or occupier The following provisions shall, subject to subsection (5) of section seven and subsections (3) and (4) of section eight, apply to the vacation by the owner or occupier of land acquired in terms of this Act (a) in relation to land other than agricultural land required, for resettlement purposes, any person who, immediately prior to the date on which an order is made in terms of subsection ( l ) of section eight, owned, occupied, held or used the land to which such order relates shall, if so required by not less than three months' notice in writing by the acquiring authority, cease to occupy, hold or use that land, and if he fails to do so, he shall be liable to be evicted by order of a competent court; (b) in relation to any agricultural land required for resettlement purposes, the making of an order in terms of subsection ( 1 ) of section eight shall constitute p. 2148 notice in writing to the owner or occupier to cease to occupy, hold or use that land immediately on the date of service of the order upon the owner or occupier, and if he fails to do so, he shall be liable to be evicted by order of a competent court: Provided that the owner or occupier of that land may remain in occupation of his living quarters on that land for a period of not more than three months after the date of service of the order.". Savings 4. Sections 8 and 9 of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10] as amended by these regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 23rd May 2000. p. 2149