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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, or in any contract, custom or usage, or in any judgement, decree or order of court, the following classes of persons shall be deemed to be tenants: (i) a punam or kumri cultivator; (ii) a licensee, [x x x x] (iii) a varamdar; (iv) a vechupakuthidar; and (v) a person holding land situate in any part of the taluk of Hosdurg or Kasaragod to which the Malabar Tenancy Act, 1929, did not extend, under a transaction described in the document evidencing it as bhogya, otti, nattotti, arwar, illidarwar or Krithasartha illidarwar, but not being a usufructuary mortgage as defined in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. The words "in Kuttanad area" omitted by Act 35 of 1969, published in K.G.Ext. No. 295 dt. 17/12/1969.