General conditions and restrictions applicable to resumption under sections 14, 15, 16 and 17

Resumption of land under sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall also be subject to the following conditions and restrictions, namely:-(1) In respect of tenancies subsisting at the commencement of this Act, no application for resumption shall be made after a period of one year from such commencement: Provided that where the landlord is (i) a minor, (ii) a person of unsound mind, (iii) a member of the Armed Forces or a seaman and the tenant is entitled to fixity of tenure, or (iv) a legal representative of such member or seaman, the application for resumption may be made,-(a) by the minor, within one year from the date on which he attains majority; (b) by the person of unsound mind, within one year from the date on which he ceases to be of unsound mind; (c) by the member of the Armed Forces or seaman, within one year after he ceases to be such member or seaman; (d) by the legal representative, within one year after the member of the Armed Forces or seaman ceases to be such member or seaman, or within one year from the date on which intimation of his death is received, whichever period expires later; (2) the right of resumption in respect of a holding shall be exercised only once, and the order of the Land Tribunal allowing resumption shall be given effect to only at the end of an agricultural year; (3) no kudiyiruppu shall be resumed,