(1) All claims and liabilities in respect of the kudiyiruppu or the superstructure enforceable immediately before the date of commencement of this Act +[or the date of vesting of the kudiyiruppu or the superstructure, as the case may be] against any person interested shall, on or after that date, be set off against the amount payable to the person interested under this Act to the same extent to which such claims and liabilities were enforceable against such person immediately before such date.
(2) (a) A court shall, on or after the date of commencement of this Act +[or the date of vesting of the kudiyiruppu or the superstructure, as the case may be] order or continue execution in respect of any decree or order passed against the person interested in conformity with the provisions of sub-section (1) only as against the amount payable to such person.
(b) No court shall, in enforcing any claim or liability against the person interested in respect of any kudiyiruppu or superstructure, allow interest at a rate exceeding six per cent per annum simple interest for any period after the date of the commencement of this Act.
+ Amended vide Act 5 of 1983 and shall be deemed to have come into force w.e.f 01.12.1974.
152 Power to acquire land used for common purposes