Thiruppuvaram to be abolished .

(1) On and after the ap pointed day, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, or in any judgment, decree or order of any court or in any contract or other document for the time being in force, — (a) the Thiruppuholder shall not have the right to receive payment of Thiruppuvaram; (b) the landholder shall have no liability to pay any Thiruppuvaram to the Thiruppuholder; (c) the Government shall have no liability to pay any Thiruppuvaram to the Thiruppuholder, whether such Thiruppuvaram was an assignment of revenue made in lieu of any payment which the Government were under an obligation to make or whether it was payable directly by the Government; and the right to receive payment of, and the liability to pay, Thiruppuvaram shall stand extinguished. (2) Every Thiruppuholder whose right to receive payment of Thiruppuvaram has been extinguished under sub-section(1) shall be entitled to receive and be paid compensation as provided in this Act.