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CoNTENTS Short title, extent and commencement. Definitions. Prevention of eviction. Pehalty for eviction. Cultivating tenants, etc., entitled to re,torntion of possession. Prevention of eviction of cultivating tenn11ta, rtc., who are not members of any Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe . Cultivating tenants, etc., entitled to restoration of possession. Stay of suits or other proceedings for eviction. Jurisdiction. Protection to persons acting in good faith under this Act. Saving of other Ia ws . Power to make rules. Amendment of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963. Savings. THE KERALA PREVENTION OF EVICTION ACT, 1966 • (No. 12 of 1966) ENACTED BY THE PRESIDENT IN TIIR SEVENTEENTH YEAa OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA • An Act to provide for the prevtniton of evictio11 of cultivating tenants, holders of K udiyiruppus and K udtkidappukars from their holdings, K udiyiruppus or Kudzkidappus, as the case may be, in the State of Ktraltl and for the restoration in certain cases of the possession thereof and for mathrs con- nected therewzth. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1965 (12 of 1~65), the P1esidcnt is pleased to enact as follows:-