Certain persons occupying lands under leases granted by incompetent persons to be deemed tenants

Certain persons occupying lands under leases granted by incompetent persons to be deemed tenants. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, or in any contract custom or usage, or in any judgment, decree or order of court, any person in occupation of the land of another at the commencement of the Mahe Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1980, on the basis of a registered deed purporting to be a lease deed, shall be deemed to be a tenant if he or his predecessor-in-interest was in occupation of such land on the 28th day of April, 1962, on the basis the lease was granted by a person who had no right over the land or who was not competent to lease the land.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, or in any contract custom or usage, or in any judgment, decree or order of court, any person who on the 28th day of April, 1962, was in occupation of the land of another and continued to be in occupation of such land till the commencement of the Mahe Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1980, shall be deemed to be a tenant if the court has delivered a judgment or passed an order before the date of publication of the Mahe Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 1980, in the Official Gazette that the occupation by such person was on the basis of an oral permission or any unregistered deed purporting to be a lease deed granted by a person who had no right over the land or who was not competent to lease the land.