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The Tamil Nadu Agriculturists Relief (Amendment) Act, 1972

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The Tamil Nadu Agriculturists Relief (Amendment) Act, 1972 provides financial relief to farmers across Tamil Nadu by updating existing debt relief legislation. It regulates outstanding agricultural debts, caps interest rates on loans, and provides mechanisms to scale down debt liabilities or declare long-standing debts fully discharged. The Act applies to individual farmers, tenants, and joint families holding agricultural land, while excluding wealthier individuals assessed for income tax or substantial property taxes, as well as debts owed to banks, government bodies, and cooperative societies. This law matters because it prevents severe rural indebtedness, protects agrarian livelihoods, and safeguards vulnerable farmers from losing their land through forced judicial sales or predatory lending practices.

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  1. 1. Short title.
  2. 2. Extent.
  3. 2-24. Section 2-24
  4. 3. Definitions.
  5. 4. Certain debts and liabilities not to be affected.
  6. 5. Special provision for undivided Hindu families, etc.
  7. 6. Heirs of non-agriculturist members of Hindu families to be non-agriculturists.
  8. 7. Debts payable by agriculturists to be scaled down.
  9. 8. Provision for debts incurred before 1st March 1972.
  10. 10. Non-application of certain provisions
  11. 11. Provision as to costs, etc., in certain cases
  12. 12. Rate of interest payable by agriculturists on old loans
  13. 13. Rate of interest payable by agriculturists on new loans
  14. 13-A. Interest on debts incurred by persons who would be agriculturists but for the operation of section 3(ii)
  15. 14. Provision as to share of debt in particular cases
  16. 15. Arrear of Rent
  17. 16. Landholder to be entitled to certain amounts
  18. 17. Extension of period of limitation in certain cases
  19. 17-A. Scaling down of interest on arrears of rent
  20. 18. Costs
  21. 19. Amendment of certain decrees
  22. 19-A. Special provisions regarding usufructuary mortgages
  23. 20. Stay of proceedings
  24. 21. Adjudications in insolvency
  25. 22. Special provision in the case of movable property.
  26. 23. Sales of immovable property to be set aside in certain cases.
  27. 23-A. Power of Court to set aside sales of immovable property in certain cases.
  28. 23-B. Application of section 23-A to benefits of the Act of 1950
  29. 23C. Power of court to set aside sales of immovable property in certain cases.
  30. 24. Repayment of purchase money
  31. 24-A. Court to disallow costs in case of evasion
  32. 25. Extension of principal Act to transferred territory, repeal and savings.
  33. 25-A. Appeals.
  34. 26. Collector to provide information
  35. 27. Executive authorities of local bodies to provide information
  36. 28. Power to make rules.

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