Act 12 of 1973 THE KERALA LAND REFORMS (AMENDMENT) AMENDING ACT, 1973[1] An Act to amend the Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972. Preamble . "WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:" 1 . Short title and commencement."(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Amending Act, 1973. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 16th day of December, 1972. 2 . Amendment of section 38."In section 38 of the Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972 (17 of 1972)," (a) in sub-section (2), after the word and figures "section 85", the words "of the principal Act" shall be inserted ; (b) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:" "(3) Any case in which the Land Board has, before the commencement of this Act, issued notice under sub-rule (1) of rule 12 of the Kerala Land Reforms (Ceiling) Rules, 1970, inviting objections to the draft statement of lands to be surrendered prepared under rule 10 of the said rules, shall be continued to be dealt with by the Land Board under the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act, as if" (a) sub-sections (4) to (9) (both inclusive) of section 85 and section 90 of the principal Act had not been amended by this Act; and (b) in section 86 of the principal Act, for the words 'Taluk Land Board' wherever they occur, the words 'Land Board' had been substituted.''. 3 . Repeal and saving."(1) The Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Amendment Ordinance, 1972 (11 of 1972), is, hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under section 38 of the Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972 (17 of 1972) as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the said section as amended by this Act. |