Special provision regarding execution of decrees and pending suits

Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act,- (a) where a decree has been passed on or after the 1st July 1984 and before the date of the publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, on the ground that the cultivating tenant has failed to pay the first, second and third instalments of the arrears of rent referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the principal Act, on or before the 30th June 1984, 31st December 1984 and 30th June 1985, respectively, such decree shall not be executed, unless such cultivating tenant fails to make the payment of the said instalments on or before the 15th November 1985, 31st March 1986 and 15th November 1986, respectively; (b) where any suit has been filed on or after the 1st July 1984 and pending on the date of the publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, for the recovery of the first, second and third instalments of the arrears of rent referred to in clause (a), the court shall pass a decree for the payment of such instalments as may become payable under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.