(1) The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any pre-existing law, custom, usage, agreement or decree or order of a Court.
(2) If any provision contained in the Karaikal Pannaiyal Protection Act, 1966 is repugnant to any provision contained in this Act, the latter provision shall prevail and the former provision shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be of no effect.
Exemption
16. Nothing in this Act shall apply to:--
(a) any land during the period when such land is used for raising any crop which does not give any yield for a continuous period of two years or more from the time of cultivation; or
(b) to any contract merely for collection or harvesting of the produce of any kind.
Power to make rules