Right to prove real nature of transaction

Right to prove real nature of transaction. (1) Notwithstanding anything in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, (Central Act 1 of 1872) or in any other law for the time being in force, or in any judgment, decree or order of court, any person interested in any land may prove that a transaction purporting to be a mortgage, otti, karipanayam, panayam or nerpanayam or licence of that land is in substance a transaction by way of kanam, kanamkuzhikanam, kuzhikanam, verumpattam or other lease, under which the transferee is entitled to fixity of tenure in accordance with the provisions of section 8 and to the other rights of a tenant under this Act. (2) Where under sub-section (1), the Land Tribunal holds that the transferee is entitled to fixity of tenure in accordance with the provisions of section 8, it shall be lawful for the Land Tribunal to pass an order containing directions regarding the application of the sum, if any, advanced to the landlord and making other suitable alterations in the terms recorded in the instrument executed by the parties. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, (Central Act 1 of 1872) or in any other law for the time being in force a person described as an agent or servant in a document evidencing the contract for the cultivation of any nilam may prove that he is a licensee.