The Tamil Nadu Panchayat Court (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1970

This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Courts (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1970.

Notwithstanding that a panchayat constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats Act, 1950 (Tamil Nadu Act X of 1950), and deemed under section 132 of that Act to be a panchayat court, has ceased under section 191 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1958 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXV of 1958) to be a panchayat court, all decrees and orders passed, plaints, written statements, applications, petitions and other documents received, all proceedings taken, and all other acts and things done, by or before such panchayat court during the period commencing on the 2nd October 1960 and ending with the date of the publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, shall be deemed to have been validly passed, received, taken or done.

In computing the period of limitation for revision against, or for an application for execution of, a decree or order passed by a panchayat mentioned in section 2 on or after the 2nd October 1960, but before the date of the publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, the period between the date of passing the decree or order and the date of such publication shall be excluded.