THE TAMIL NADU CULTIVATING TENANTS PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956
(Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1956)
(These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Act No. XIV of 1956. (For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated the 10th August 1956, page 132.)
[The ((These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Cultivating Tenants Protection (Amendment) Act, 1956.]
(Received the assent of the President on the 29th September 1956; first published in the Fort St. George Gazette Extraordinary on the 1st October 1956.)
An Act to amend and extend the duration of the ((These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955.
Whereas it is expedient to amend and extend the duration of the ((These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 ((These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Act XXV of 1955);
Be it enacted in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the (These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Cultivating Tenants Protection (Amendment) Act, 1956.
2-7. [The amendments made by sections 2-7 have been incorporated in the principal Act (Tamil Nadu Act XXV of 1955].
Continuation force of the principal Act.
2. The principal Act shall be deemed to have continued force until the date of coming into force of this Act and the principal Act as amended by this Act shall continue in force for the period specified in sub-section (3) of section 1 of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
Repeal of Madras Act VI of 1954.
3. (1) The South Kanara Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1954 (Madras Act VI of 1954), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, all proceedings taken under the said Act and which are pending on the date of coming into force of this Act shall be disposed of by the Court before which such proceedings are pending as if this Act had not been passed.
4. Act to override (This expression was substituted for the expression “Madras Act” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970.) [Tamil Nadu Act] XIV of 1952.
If any provision contained in the Tanjore Tenants Act to and Pannaiyal Protection Act, 1952 ((These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Act XIV of 1952), is repugnant to any provision contained in the principal Act as amended by this Act, the latter provisions shall prevail and the former provision shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be of no effect.
Transitory provision.
5. (1) Any application made to a Conciliation Officer under the Tanjore Tenants and Pannaiyal Protection Act, 1952 ((These words were substituted for the word “Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.) [Tamil Nadu] Act XIV of 1952), and pending on the date of the coming into force of this Act, shall, if it relates to a matter falling within the purview of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, be transferred to and disposed of by the Revenue Divisional Officer who would have had jurisdiction to entertain such application under the principal Act, as if it had been made thereunder.
(2) All proceedings pending with the Revenue Court on the date of coming into force of this Act shall be disposed of by that Court as if this Act had not been passed.
Saving.
6. (1) Any proceeding under the principal Act which has been disposed of between the 27th September 1956 and the date of coming into force of this Act on the footing that the principal Act was not in force at the relevant time, shall be re-opened and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Act.
(2) Any cultivating tenant who has been evicted from any land between the dates referred to in sub-section (1) on the footing that the Principal Act was not in force at the relevant time, shall, on application, be entitled to be restored to the possession of such land on the same terms as those applicable to the possession of it under the principal Act.
(3) The provisions of Section 4 of the principal Act shall, so far as may be, apply to an application made under sub-section (2). |
