(1) On the 7th December 1996, that is the date of coming into force of Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control, Bombay Land Requisition and Bombay Government Premises (Eviction) (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Mah. XVI of 1997) (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the said date"),-
(a) the State Government, in respect of the premises requisitioned or continued under requisition and allotted to a Government allottee referred to in sub-clause (a) of clause (2) of section 7; and
(b) the Government allottee, in respect of the premises requisitioned or continued under requisition and allotted to him as referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause (2) of section shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in the Bombay Land Requisition Act, 1948 (Bom. XXXIII of 1948), or in any other law for the time being in force, or in any contract, or in any judgement, decree or order of any court passed on or after the 11th June 1996, or in any order of eviction issued by the Competent Authority, or by the Appellate Authority, under the Bombay Land Requisition Act, 1948 (Bom. XXXIII of 1948), be deemed to have become, for the purposes of this Act, the tenant of the landlord; and such premises shall be deemed to have been let by the landlord to the State Government or, as the case may be, to such Government allottee, on payment of rent and permitted increases equal to the amount of compensation payable in respect of the premises immediately before the said date.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this section or any other provisions of this Act, nothing in this section shall affect,-
(a) the rights of the landlord including his right to recover possession of the premises from such tenant on any of the grounds mentioned in section 16 or in any other section;
(b) the right of the landlord or such tenant to apply to the court for the fixation of standard rent and permitted increases under this Act, by reason only of the fact that the amount of the rent and permitted increases, if any, to be paid by such tenant to the landlord is determined under sub-section (1);
(c) the operation and the application of the other relevant provisions of this Act in respect of such tenancy.