The Kerala Payment of Arrears of Rent in Instalments Act, 1979
The Kerala Payment of Arrears of Rent in Instalments Act, 1979
The Kerala Payment of Arrears of Rent in Instalments Act, 1979, regulates the recovery of historical rent debts accrued before 1970. It applies to agricultural tenants in Kerala, excluding debtors covered by the Kerala Debt Relief Act. This legislation matters because it protected vulnerable tenants from eviction by halting all pending recovery lawsuits and allowing them to discharge their total debt through six half-yearly instalments. Crucially, it also enabled tenants who were previously evicted due to unpaid rent to reclaim possession of their land. Ultimately, this law provided essential financial relief and secured land rights for rural farmers.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Payment of arrears of rent in instalments
- 4. Stay of suits, applications, etc., for arrears of rent
- 5. Restoration of possession
- 6. Tenants failing to pay instalments in time not entitled to benefits
- 7. Limitation
- 8. Act not to apply to certain class of tenants
- 9. Repeal and saving
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