Certain other persons to be deemed tenants

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, or in any contract, custom or usage, or in any judgment, decree or order of court, the following classes of persons shall be deemed to be tenants :- (i) a punam or kumri cultivator; (ii) a licensee in Kuttanad area; (iii) a varamdar; (iv) a vechupakuthidar; and (v) a person holding land situate in any part of the taluk of Hosdrug or Kasaragod to which the Malabar Tenancy Act, 1929, did not extend, under a transaction described in the document evidencing it as bhogya, otti, nattotti, arwar, illidarwar or krithasartha illidarwar, but not being a usufructuary mortgage as defined in the Transfer of property Act, 1882.