Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) On a date to be notified by the Government in this behalf in the *Gazette, all right, title and interest of the landowners and intermediaries in respect of holdings held by cultivating tenants (including holders of kudiyiruppus and holders of karaimas) entitled to fixity of tenure under section 13 and in respect of which certificates of purchase under sub-section (2) of section 59 have not been issued, shall, subject to the provisions of this section, vest in the Government free from all encumbrances created by the landowners and intermediaries and subsisting thereon on the said date: Provided that nothing contained is this sub-section shall apply to a holding or part of a holding in respect of which an application for resumption under the provisions of this Act is pending on such date before any court or tribunal or in appeal or revision. (2) Where in the case of a holding or part of a holding mentioned in the proviso to sub-section (1), the order rejecting the application for resumption, either in part or in full, has become final, the right title and interest of the landowner and the intermediaries, if any, of the holding or part of the holding, as the case may be, in respect of which resumption has not been allowed shall, with effect from the date on which the application for resumption has been finally rejected, vest in the Government free from all encumbrances created by the landowner and the Intermediaries, if any, and subsisting thereon on the said date. (3) Where any land or portion of a land is restored to the possession of any person under the provisions of this Act after the date notified under sub-section (1), the right, title and interest of the landowner and intermediaries, if any, in respect of such land or portion of land shall, from the date of such restoration, vest in the Government free from all encumbrances created by the landowner and intermediaries and subsisting thereon on the said date. (4) Where in the case of a holding or part of a holding, the landowner or an intermediary is a minor or a person of unsound mind or a member of the Armed Forces or a seaman or a legal representative of any such member or seaman, or a small holder, the right, title and interest of the landowner and intermediaries, if any, in respect of such holding or part of a holding shall vest in the Government (a) on the expiry of six months from the commencement of the Kerala land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1969, or on the date notified under sub-section (1), whichever is later, in cases where no application for resumption of the holding or part of the holding has been preferred; (b) in any case where application for resumption has been preferred, on the date on which the order rejecting such application, either in part or in full, has become final or on the date notified under sub-section (1), whichever is later. (5) Where an intermediary has resumed any land under the provisions of this Act, the right, title and interest of the landowner and the other intermediaries, if any, in respect of the said land shall vest in the Government free from all encumbrances created by the landowner and the other intermediaries, with effect from the date of resumption or the date notified under sub-section (1) whichever is later. Substituted by Act 35 of 1969. 1st day of January, 1970 as per SRO 4/1970.