Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Allotment of lands.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 5 or in any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority, a member of a Scheduled Tribe who had effected any transfer of land, possessed, enjoyed or owned by him, to a person other than a member of a Scheduled Tribe, between the 1st day of January, 1960 and the 24th day of January, 1986 and where an application for restoration of right under section 6 of the Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction of Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, 1975 (31 of 1975) has been filed before publication of this Act in the Gazette, but the possession or enjoyment thereof, has not been restored to him and such transfer has been validated by the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 5 or the transferee thereof has been made eligible for the retention of said land under sub-section (2) of section 5, shall be entitled to restoration of equal extent of land by way of allotment from the Government: Provided that where the extent of the land so allotted in respect of which there is eligibility for restoration of rights, is less than forty ares, Government shall allot the rest of the land required to make the total extent equal to forty Ares (One acre).