ACT 32  OF  2007
THE EDAVAGAI RIGHTS ACQUISITION (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 2007

                  An Act  to amend the Edavagai Rights Acquisition Act, 1955.

           Preamble.-WHEREAS, it is expedient to amend the Edavagai Rights Acquisition Act, 1955 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
            BE it enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-   

    
              1.  Short title and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called the Edavagai Rights Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007.
                       (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd day of December,2005.

              2.  Amendment of section 6.--In section 6 of the Edavagai Rights Acquisition Act, 1955 (XXVII of 1955) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), -
                          (a)  in sub-section (2),-
                              (i)  in clause (a), for the words "at the rate of four per cent per annum", the words, "at the rate of interest applicable from time to time, to fixed deposits for a period of not less than ten years in the Treasury Savings Bank" shall be substituted;
                              (ii) in clause (b), for the words, letters and figures, "a cash annuity of Rs.900 to the present Chief for his life-time, and a cash annuity of Rs.168" the words, figures and letters "a cash annuity of Rs.12,000 to the present Chief for his life-time,  and a cash annuity of Rs.6000" shall be substituted;
                         (b) in sub-section (3),-
                                  (i)  in clause (a), for the words "at the rate of four per cent per annum", the words, "at the rate of interest applicable, from time to time, to fixed deposits for a period of not less than ten years in the Treasury Savings Bank" shall be substituted;
                                    (ii) in clause (b), for the words, letters and figures "Rs.1500 to the present Chief for his life-time, a cash annuity of Rs.900 to the present eldest female member for her life-time and a cash annuity of Rs.360" the words, letters and figures "Rs.18,000 to the present Chief for his life-time, a cash annuity of Rs.12,000 to the present eldest female member for her life-time, and a cash annuity of Rs. 6000" shall be substituted;
                         (c)  in sub-section (4) in clause (a), in the second sentence, for the words "at the rate of four per cent per annum", the words "at the rate of interest applicable, from time to time, to fixed deposits for a period of not  less than ten years in the Treasury Savings Bank" shall be substituted.

               3.  Repeal and Saving.- (1) the Edavagai Rights Acquisition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007  (52 of 2007)  is hereby repealed.
                      (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deemed to have been taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act,  as amended by this Act.