Adjustment of rent paid after 1st March, 1970

(1) Where, after the 1st day of March, 1970, and before the commencement of the Mahe Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1980, any tenant has paid or deposited any amount by way of rent, and such amount has been appropriated towards arrears of rent accrued due for the period prior to the 22nd day of March, 1968, the, notwithstanding anything contained in any law, or in any contract, custom or usage, or in any judgment, decree or order or any court or Land Tribunal, such amount shall be adjusted towards the rent accrued due for the period commencing on the 22nd day of March, 1968. (2) Where, in any judgment, decree or order of any court or Land Tribunal passed after the 1st day of March, 1970, any amount paid or deposited by way of rent has been allowed or ordered to be appropriated towards arrears of rent accrued due for the period prior to the 22nd day of March, 1968, such judgment, decree or order shall, on application within sixty days from the commencement of the Mahe Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1980, be re-opened by the court or Land Tribunal, as the case may be, which passed such judgment, decree or order, and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1).