Act to override contract and other laws, etc.

The provisions of this Act- (a) shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any pre-existing law, custom, usage, agreement or decree or order of a Court, but (b) shall not apply in respect of the land held by a landowner in any village if the land held by him in such village does not exceed one veli (6-2/3 acres) which is either wetland or dry land irrigated from any Government source, or three velis (twenty acres) of dry land not irrigated from any Government source.