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The Kerala Stay of Eviction Proceedings (Amendment) Act, 1969

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The Kerala Stay of Eviction Proceedings (Amendment) Act, 1969 extends emergency legislative protection against forced eviction and rent recovery for agricultural tenants, hutment dwellers, and small land occupants across Kerala until December 31, 1969. The law broadly expands the legal definition of a tenant to include historical mortgagees, long-term possessors, informal cultivators, and persons occupying land under an honest belief of tenancy. It halts pending court cases and applications for rent arrears accrued before May 1, 1966. Crucially, the Act empowers dispossessed tenants and hutment dwellers to seek summary restoration of their land and guarantees basic customary, easement, water, and electricity access rights, making any interference with these rights a punishable criminal offence.

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  1. 2. Amendment of section 1
  2. 4. Amendment of section 3
  3. 5. Amendment of section 4
  4. 7. Amendment of section 6
  5. 8. Amendment of section 7
  6. 9. Insertion of new sections 7A, 7B, 7C and ID
  7. 10. Repeal and saving

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