Right of kudikidappukaran to maintain, repair, etc., homestead or hut

The kudikidappukaran shall have the right to maintain, repair and reconstruct with the same or different materials, but without increasing by more than fifty per cent of the plinth area, as existing at the commencement of the Mahe Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1980, the hut belonging to the person who permitted occupation by the kudikidappukaran, or the homestead at his own cost.

Explanation. – In this section and in section 87A “homestead” includes a dwelling house occupied by a person who is deemed to be a kudikidappukaran under Explanation II to clause (24) of section 2.