The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection and Payment of Fair Rent (Extension to Shencottah Taluk) Act, 1959
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection and Payment of Fair Rent (Extension to Shencottah Taluk) Act, 1959, Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1959, is a Tamil Nadu state law that received the Governor's assent on 19 February 1959. It extends the Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 and the Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, 1956 to Shencottah taluk in Tirunelveli district, while repealing corresponding local laws and preserving earlier actions and proceedings.
What the law does
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection and Payment of Fair Rent (Extension to Shencottah Taluk) Act, 1959 applies two existing cultivating tenancy laws to Shencottah taluk in Tirunelveli district. The Act states that it comes into force at once. It received the Governor's assent on 19 February 1959 and was first published in the Fort St. George Gazette on 2 March 1960.
The two laws extended to the taluk are:
- The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955.
- The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, 1956.
They apply in the form in which they were in force immediately before the commencement of Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1959.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection and Payment of Fair Rent (Extension to Shencottah Taluk) Act, 1959 is relevant to cultivating tenants, landowners and professionals dealing with agricultural tenancy matters in Shencottah taluk. A person buying or owning land there may need to consider whether the land is occupied or cultivated under a tenancy governed by the extended laws.
The Act itself does not reproduce the detailed protections or fair rent provisions contained in the two extended laws.
Repeal and protection of earlier actions
Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1959 repeals any law previously in force in Shencottah taluk that corresponded to either of the two extended laws. However, the repeal does not cancel:
- The previous operation of a corresponding law.
- Anything properly done or suffered under that law.
- A penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred for an earlier offence.
- An investigation, legal proceeding or remedy concerning such a penalty, forfeiture or punishment.
Existing appointments, delegations, notifications, orders, instructions, directions, rules, regulations, forms, certificates and registrations under a corresponding law are treated as having been made under the extended laws. They continue until replaced by action under those laws.
Interpretation in Shencottah taluk
The Tamil Nadu General Clauses Act, 1891 applies when interpreting the extended laws in Shencottah taluk. Courts and other authorities may make necessary alterations when applying them, provided the substance is not affected. References to laws not operating in the taluk are read as references to any corresponding law operating there.
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Common questions
Does this law apply throughout Tamil Nadu?
No. Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1959 specifically extends the two cultivating tenancy laws to Shencottah taluk in Tirunelveli district.
Does the Act state the fair rent payable by a cultivating tenant?
No. It extends the Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, 1956 to Shencottah taluk, but the supplied text does not state a rent rate or calculation.
Were earlier tenancy actions or registrations cancelled when the corresponding local law was repealed?
No. Earlier actions, registrations, certificates, orders and other listed measures continue and are treated as made under the extended laws until replaced.
Can an earlier proceeding under a repealed corresponding law continue?
Yes. Investigations, legal proceedings and remedies concerning an earlier penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be started, continued or enforced as if Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1959 had not been passed.
