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The Kerala Debtors (Temporary Relief) Act, 1975 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1975

THE KERALA DEBTORS (TEMPORARY RELIEF) ACT, 1975 [1] THE KERALA DEBTORS (TEMPORARY RELIEF) ACT, 1975 [1] (Act 30 of 1975) An Act to provide temporary relief to certain debtors in the State of Kerala. Preamble. "WHEREAS it is expedient to provide tem porary relief to certain debtors in the State of Kerala; BE it enacted in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: " 1. Short title, extent and commencement. "(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Debtors (Temporary Relief) Act, 1975. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions. "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, " (1) "agricultural land" means land used for agriculture or horticulture, not being land appurtenant to a residential building; (2) "artisan" means a person who does not hold any agricultural land and whose principal means of livelihood is production or repair of traditional tools, implements and other articles or things used for agriculture or purposes ancillary thereto and includes a person who normally earns his liveli hood by practising craft either by his own labour or by the labour of the.....