THE GUDALUR COMPENSATION FOR TENANTS IMPROVEMENTS ACT, 1931
Act No. XII of 1931
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 5th September 1931, and that of the Governor-General on the 5th October 1931; the assent of the Governor-General was first published in the Fort St. George Gazette of the 20th October 1931)
An Act to extend the Malabar Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1899, with certain modifications to the Gudalur taluk of the Nilgiri district.
Preamble.
Whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions of the Malabar Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1899, with certain modifications, to the Gudalur taluk of the Nilgiri district;
And whereas the previous sanction of the Governor- General has been obtained to the passing of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows:—
1. Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Gudalur Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1931.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Gudalur taluk of the Nilgiri district.
2. Extension of sections 3 to 20 of [Tamil Nadu] Act I of 1900 to the Gudalur taluk of the Nilgiri district with Certain modifications.
Sections 3 to 20 of the Malabar Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1899 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall apply to the Gudalur taluk of the Nilgiri district subject to the following modifications, namely;—
(Clauses (1) to (3) were omitted by section 3 of, and the Second Schedule to the Tamil Nadu Repealing and Amending Ad, 1955 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXVI of 1955))
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(4) in section 19 of the said Act, for the words and figures 'after the first day of January 1886', the words 'after the coming into force of this Act' shall be substituted and (This was added by section 47 of the Malabar Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1951 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXIII of 1951) which came into force on the 15th March 1952) [before the proviso, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:—
'Nothing in any contract made before the coming into force of the Gudalur Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1931, shall take away or limit the right of a tenant to make improvements after the commencement of the Malabar Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1951, and to claim compensation for them in accordance with the provisions of this Act.']
(5) in section 20 of the said Act, after the words 'construed as' the words 'entitling any person to claim compensation under the provisions of this Act for any improvements made before the coming into force of this Act or as' shall be inserted. |
