Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law or in any contract. 17[(2) When this Act comes into force in any area in the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Andhra, or in the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956), the provisions of 18the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1949 (Madras Act XXV of 1949) in the former case and 18the Hyderabad Houses (Rent, Eviction and Lease) Control Act, 1954 (Hyderabad Act XX of 1954)] in the latter case, shall have effect subject to the provisions of this Act.]