section 53
Repeal and saving
The Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act, 1955Civil195547 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1953 (President's Act 8 of 1953), and the PEPSU Agricultural Tenants (Temporary Protection and Disability) Act, 1954 (22 of 1954), are hereby repealed: Provided that, notwithstanding the repeal of the President’s Act 8 of 1953, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the said Act shall be deemed to have been done or taken in exercise of powers conferred by or under this Act, as if this Act was in force on the day on which such thing was done or action was taken.
- (2) Any proceeding relating to the ejectment of a tenant on the ground of personal cultivation or the acquisition by a tenant of proprietary rights in the land comprising his tenancy, postponed by the PEPSU Agricultural Tenants (Temporary Protection and Disability) Act, 1954 (22 of 1954), shall in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as amended by the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Second Amendment) Act, 1956, be disposed of in accordance with such provisions. (Note.—The Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 stipulates the repeal of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 and the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, in so far as these are inconsistent, and clarifies that proceedings for the determination of the surplus area pending immediately before the commencement of that Act shall be continued and disposed of as if that Act had not been passed, and the surplus area so determined shall vest in, and be utilised by, the State Government in accordance with the provisions of said Act.)
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