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Stay of Eviction Proceedings. ______ 2 [Translaltion in English of “1998-ലെ കേരള ഒഴിപ്പിക്കല് നിയമ നടപടികള് നിറുത്തിവയ്ക്കല് ആക്റ്റ്” published under the authority of the Governor.] ACT No. 5 OF 1998 THE KERALA STAY OF EVICTION PROCEEDINGS ACT, 1998* AN ACT to provide for the stay of eviction of certain cultivating tenants and small holders from lands purchased by them and which are subsequently found as excess land to be surrendered under the provisions of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963. Preamble.—WHEREAS numerous proceedings are pending before the Land Tribunals, the Taluk Land Boards, the State Land Board, the Courts or the Revenue Authorities or other authorities wherein small holders and cultivating tenants who purchased or otherwise acquired land for consideration, evidenced by registered documents or otherwise are under threat of eviction or dispossession; AND WHEREAS there are persistent demands from the general public and organisations to protect such small holders and cultivating tenants, who are purchasers of such land, from eviction or dispossession of such land; AND WHEREAS the Government consider it necessary in the public interest, to provide for temporary protection of such small holders and cultivating tenants, who are purchasers of such land, from eviction or dispossession, pending enactment of a legislation protecting their rights and interests on such land; BE it enacted in the Forty-ninth year of the Republic of India as follows:—