The Kerala Stay of Eviction Proceedings Act, 1998

KERALA STAY OF EVICTION PROCEEDINGS ACT, 1998

(Act No. 5 of 1998)

1. (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Stay of Eviction proceeding Act, 1998.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
3. (3) It shall come into force at once and shall cease to have effect on the expiry of one year from the date of such commencement. Received the assent of the Governor on the 30th day of March, 1998 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 809 dated 29th May, 1998.

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in this

Act shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the

Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964), or in any other law for the time being in force or in any judgement, decree or order of any court or proceedings of the Land Tribunal, the Taluk Land Board, the State Land Board or any other authority during the period of operation of this Act,—

1. (a) no cultivating tenant or small holder who holds or possesses any land, as purchaser for consideration, evidenced by registered document or otherwise, and which is subsequently found as excess land to be surrendered under the provisions of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964), shall be evicted from, or dispossessed of, such land; and
2. (b) all proceedings for such eviction or dispossession pending before any Court, Tribunal, Board or other authority referred to above, shall stand stayed. _____