(1) Notwtthstanding anything contamed m any law or m any contract. wtth effect on and from the appomted day, the Jenmt shall not have the nght to receive payment of jenmtkaram and the kanam tenant shall have no ltabthty to pay any Jenmtkaram to the jenmt, and the nght to rccetve payment of. and the habihty to pay, Jenmtkaram shall stand extmguished.
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(2) Every jenmt whose nght to receive payment of jenmikaram has been extmguished under sub-section (1) shall be entitled to receive and be paid by the Government the amount or annmty specified m sectiOn 4.
4 Amount payable for extinguishment of right to receive jenmikaram.-(1) The Government shall pay to every jenmi, other than a rehgwus or chantable insbtuhon of a pubhc nature, whose nght to recetve payment of jenm1karam has been extmgmshed, an amount equal to eight and one-third times the aggregate of the annual amount of Jenmikaram payable to him Immediately before the appomted day, after deductmg a sum equal to five per centum of the said aggregate on account of collection charges
(2) The amount payable under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have accrued due from the appointed day and mterest thereon shall be payable at the rate of four and a half per centum per annum from the appomted day till the date of payment of the amount, m case the amount 1s paid m cash or till the date of redemption of the bonds, If the amount is paid m Government bonds
(3) Where the Jemm whose right to receive payment of jenm1karam has been extmgmshed IS, at lhe commencement of this Act, a rehgwus or chantable insbtutwn of a public natue, the Government shall pay to the institution every year an amount equal to the balance arnved at after deducting from the Jemnikaram which such mstitutwn was entitled to receive Immediately before the appomted day, five per centum of such jenmik:tram towal'd<o collectiOn chargee;
Explanatwn.-If any question anses as to whether an mst!tut1on IS a rehgwus or chantable mshtuhon of a public nature, 1t shall be decided by the Government after such mqmry as they deem fit, and their decision thereon shall be final
(4) Notwithstandmg anythmg contained m this section, if jenmikaram has been received by or on behalf of any jenm1 for any period commencmg on the appomted day, 1t shall be deducted from and adjusted agamst the amount payable under sub-section (1) or sub-sectiOn (3), as the case may be 3/97-6a I I 74
5. Mode of payment of amount due under section 4(1). The amount payable to a Jenm1, other than a rehgwus or chantable mstitution of a pubhc nature, under sub-sectwn (1) of sechon -! may be pa1d either m cash or m Government bonds carrymg mterest at the rate oi four and a half per centum per annum .md redeemable at the exp1rat10n of s1x years from the date of 1ssue of the bonds, or partly m cash and partly m such bonds, as may be prescnbed 6 Interim payment.-( 1) Where there IS delay m the assessment or payment of the amount payable under sub sectiOn (1) of sectiOn 4, or the annuity payable under sub sectiOn (3) of that sectwn, the Government may direct payment of such amount as may be prescnbed, by way of mtenm relief
Provided that 1f the amount payable under the sa1d sub-sectiun (1) or the annuity payable under the said sub sectiOn (3) as the ca~e may be, to a Jenm1 has not been deter mmed m accordance Vvith the provisiOns ol thrs Act before the expiry of one year from the date of publicatiOn of the Kanam Tenancy Abohtwn Ordmance, 1975, m the Gazette, the ....
Government shall, on the dpphcatwn of the Jenmr concerned, d1rect the mtenm pdyment under this sub-sectiOn
(2) The amount payable under sub-sectiOn (1) shdll be paid m such manner as may be prescr 1bed and shall be deemed to be part of the amount payable under sub-sectiOn (1) of sectiOn 4 or the annUity payable under sub-sectiOn (3) of that section a'> the case mdy be. and shall be derlucted from and adJusted dgamst 1t
(3) Where there IS a drspute In regard to the nght to the amount or annurty payable unde1 sectron 4 or any portiOn the1 eof, no mtenm payment shall be made under sub section (1) ol th1s sectwn 7 Proceedmgs relatmg to assessment and payment· of amounts to he before the Settlement Officer.-Ail proceedmgs relatmg to ciS!>essment of the amount payable under sub !"ectwn (1) of sectwn -l or the annUity payable under sub-sectwn (;j) of that sectiOn and to the payment of the same to the persons enhtled thereto shall he before the Settlement Officer wtthm whose junsd1ctwn the holdmg 1s s1tuate.
- -~ 15 8 Jenmil..aram regi~ter presumed to describe correctiy the right, title and interest ot the jenmi and kanam teoant.
(1) Every entry m the Reg1ster oi Jenm1karams prepared under the Kanam Tenancy Act, 1955 and wh1ch IS vahd and effective Immediately before the appomted day shall, for the purpose of as5essment and payment of the amount or annmty under sectiOn ':1, be deemed to descnb2 correctly the nght, title and mterest of every Jenmi and kanam tenant m respect of the holdmg or pa1 t thereof to which It relates
Provided that any mod1f1cat1on alteration or con ect1on made m the regi<>ter m con!>equence of-
(a) a decree or order of any court, or
(b) a valid transfer ot a holdmg or part of Cl holdmg or the nght to receive 1enm1karam. whether by act of parties or oy operation of )3w on or after the appomted day and before the date of publtcatJOn oi the Kanam Tendncy AbolitiOn Ordmance, HJ75, In the Gazetle, shall be taken mto account by the Settlement Officer
(2) Nothmg con tamed m sub-sectwn (1) shall preclude the Settlement Officer from correctmg. either on h1s own motion or .on the apphcatJOn ol any person mterested a clencal or anthmet1cal mistake or error apparent on the face of the record. If he 1s satisfied that such a m1stake or error ex1sts m any entry m the register
Provided that no such con ec:'tJOn shall be made without g1vmg an opportumty to the party who may be affected thereby of bemg heard q Rolls to be prepared by the Settlement Officer.-The Settlement Officer shall. m the manner prescnbed, prepare a draft roll of every JenmJ m respect of his huldmg, showmg-
(a) tht Jerumkaram 111 respect of the holdmg or part thereof;
(b) the ndmes of persons entitled to receive the Jenmikdram,
(c) the kanam tenants hdble to pay t~e Jenm1karam 111 re~pect of the holdmg or part thereof,
(d) the amount or dnnmty, as the case may be, payable under th1s Act, and
(e) such other particulars. as may be prescnbed.
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