2. Amendment of section 3.—

In section 3 of the Pattazhi Devaswom Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1961 (Kerala Act 21 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for clauses (c) and (g), the following clauses shall respectively be substituted and be deemed always to have been substituted, namely:— ‘(c) " holding " means any land (including any land entered as " tharissu " in the revenue records) owned by the Temple and held by a tenant; (g)” tharissu " means any land entered as " tharissu " in the revenue records and owned by the Temple but does not include any such land held by a tenant.’