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A sum of Rs 375, or. three-fourths of the rent of faslis prior- to • and inclusive of fasli 1354 wi:l be allowed to be discharged (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1' shall be deemed to effect a, discharge of arrears of rent wh'ch accrued due for fasli 1354 if proceedings for the recovery of such arrears stood stayed by an Act of the Legislature or by an order of a Court or if such proceedings .T instituted, would have stood so stayed But the arrear of rent for fasli 1354 shall not be recoverable until the 31st January 1948 or if the rent for fasli 1356 is paid before that date, until the 31st January 1949. (3)Notwithstandinganythingto the contrary in any agree-MadrasAct ment or in section64of the MadrasEstatesLand Act, 1908.any I of 1908. payment of rent made by a small holder after the commencement of this Act shall be credited towards the rent due by him for fasli 1356 im the first instance and for fasli 1355 in the next instance, and not towards the rent due for any previous fasli. Searchable PDF created by OCR.space (Free Version) 135 (4) Everysmallholder shallbe at liberty to pay into Court anyamounttowardstherentdueor claimedto.be due by him fo fas11S1356 or 1355or both and thereupon the Court shall, after notice to the Lndholder or unoer-tenure holder, as the case maybe,applytheprosislons of this Act •and determinewhether thewholeor only a portion of the rent for the fasls aforesaid hasbeenpaid bythe small holder, and alao the. extent or the remainingliability, if any, of the small holder for rent under the provisions of this Act. Explanation—Forthepurposesof this sub-section,"Court' shall mean the Collector referred to in sub-section (l) or section Madras Act 209 of the Madras Estates Land Act,