(1) Notwithstanding the expiry of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1959 (Kerala Act 16 of 1959) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Act), the provisions of sections 4 and 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1125 (Kerala Act VII of 1125), shall apply upon the expiry of the said Act as if it had then been repealed by this Act :
Provided that any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy which could have been instituted, continued or enforced under the said Act if it had not expired, may be instituted, continued or enforced under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no person shall be convicted of an offence under section 29 for having committed the same on or after the 1st day of April, 1965 and before the date of publication of this Act.
(3) If, after the 31st day of March, 1965 and before the publication of this Act, any suit or other proceeding has been instituted in any Civil Court which could not have been instituted if the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1959 (Kerala Act 16 of 1959), had been in force on the date of such institution, then such suit or proceeding, if it is pending on the date of such publication, shall abate.
THE SCHEDULE [See section 1 (3)] I. Trivandrum District:
1. Corporation of Trivandrum.
2. Neyyattinkara Municipality.
3. Attingal Municipality.
4. Varkala Panchayat.
5. Nedumangad Panchayat.
II. Quilon District :
6. Quilon Municipality.
7. Punalur Panchayat.
8. Kozhencherry Conservancy Town.
III. Alleppey District :
9. Kayamkulam Municipality.
10. Mavelikara Municipality.
11. Alleppey Municipality.
12. Thiruvalla Municipality.
13. Sherthalai Municipality.
14. Haripad Conservancy Town.
15. Chengannur Conservancy Town.
16. Panavally Panchayat.
17. Thonnalloor Panchayat.
IV. Kottayam District :
18. Kottayam Municipality.
19. Changanassery Municipality.
20. Vaikom Municipality.
21. Palai Municipality.
22. Mundakayam Panchayat.
23. Munnar —within the boundaries of :
(1) Head works on the W/O Road.
(2) Periavirrai Bridge of the N/O Road.
(3) Kannan Devan Hills Produce Co. Ltd., Scientific Office on the Nullathanni Road.
(4) Grahams land road and also the Cigarette Print on the Devikulam Road.
24. Kanjirappally Panchayat.
25. Vandiperiyar Panchayat.
26. Chirakkadavu Panchayat.
V. Ernakulam District :
27. Ernakulam Municipality.
28. Mattancherry Municipality—including Palluruthy and Rameswaram Villages.
29. Fort Cochin Municipality.
30. Parur Municipality.
31. Alwaye Municipality.
32. Perumbavoor Municipality.
33. Tripunithura Panchayat.
34. Thodupuzha Panchayat.
35. Koothattukulam Panchayat.
36. Kalady Panchayat.
37. Ankamaly Panchayat (Wards III, IV and V only).
38. Muvattupuzha Municipality.
VI. Trichur District :
39. Trichur Municipality.
40. Irinjalakuda Municipality.
41. Kunnamkulam Municipality.
42. Chowghat Panchayat.
43. Chalakudy Panchayat.
44. Cranganore Panchayat.
45. Guruvayoor Township.
46. Ayyanthole Panchayat.
VII. Palghat District :
47. Palghat Municipality.
48. Chittur-Thattamangalam Municipality.
49. Ottapalam Panchayat.
50. Ponnani Panchayat.
51. Elappally Panchayat.
52. Shoranur Panchayat.
53. Perinthalmanna Panchayat
54.. Koduvayoor Panchayat.
55. Kollengode Panchayat.
56. Nenmara Panchayat.
VIII. Kozhikode District :
57. Calicut Corporation.
58. Nilambur Panchayat.
59. Manjeri Panchayat.
60. Feroke Panchayat.
61. Badagara Municipality.
62. Kummangode Amsom in Nedumpuram Panchayat.
63. Pantalayini Village
64. Viyyur Village Quilandy Panchayat
65. Melur Village
66. Meladi Village.
67. Kottoli Village.
68. Parayancheri Village.
69. Nedumgottur Village.
70. Beypore Panchayat.
71. Kidanganad Village.
72. Nulpuzha Village.
73. Nenmoni Village.
74. Muppinad Village.
75. Villiapally Panchayat.
76. Kakkodi Panchayat.
77. Elathur Panchayat.
78. Meppadi Panchayat.
X. Cannanore District :
79. Cannanore Municipality.
80. Tellicherry Municipality.
81. Azhikkode Amsom.
82. Pappinissery Panchayat.
83. Puzhathi Amsom.
84. Chirakkal Amsom.
85. Cannanore Cantonment.
86. Kuthuparamba Panchayat including Pattiam and Manandira.
87. Vemom Amsom.
88. Kasargod Panchayat.
89. Kanhangad Panchayat.
90. Payyannur Panchayat.
91. Thaliparamba Panchayat.
92. Panoor Panchayat.
1[Explanation.—References in this Schedule to any Municipality, Corporation or Township shall be construed as references to the area for the time being within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Council, Municipal Corporation or Township Committee, as the case may be.]
2[Reopening of orders for eviction in certain cases.— Notwithstanding any decree or order of court, where, after the 3rd day of April,1959, and before the 31st day of August,1961, an order has been made by the Rent Control Court under sub-section
1. Added by Act 7 of 1966.
2. Inserted by Act 7 of 1966.
(3) of section 12 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act,1959 ( Kerala Act 16 of 1959), directing the tenant to put the landlord in possession of a building on the ground that the tenant has failed to pay or deposit the arrears of rent under subsections (1) and (2) of that section, without giving the tenant the time specified in the proviso to the said sub-section (2), the tenant shall, on deposit of all arrears of rent admitted by him to be due in respect of the building up to the date of deposit, be entitled to make an application within thirty days from the date of publication of this Act for re-opening the order, and on such application the Rent Control Court shall reopen the order and dispose of it afresh in accordance with the provisions of the said Act as if it had not expired:
Provided that no tenant shall be entitled to make an application under this section if the landlord had obtained possession of the building before te date of the publication of this Act.]