47. Notwithstanding anything in the Rent Restriction Act (Chapter 274), or in any other law-
| (a) any action or proceedings instituted in a court before the date of commencement of this Act-
| | (i) for the ejectment of the tenant from any residential premises the standard rent of which for a month exceeds one hundred rupees and the annual value of which does not exceed the relevant amount, where such action is instituted on the ground that such premises are reasonably required for occupation as a residence for the landlord or any member of his family, and where the ownership of such premises was acquired by the landlord under the circumstances specified in sub-section (7) of section 22; or | | |
| | (ii) for the ejectment of the tenant from any residential premises the annual value of which exceeds the relevant amount; or | | |
| | (iii) for the ejectment, from any residential premises, of any person entitled under section 18 of the Rent Restriction Act (Chapter 274), to give notice to the landlord thereof to the effect that he proposes to continue in occupation of the premises as tenant thereof, | | |
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| (b) any appeal preferred to the Supreme Court from any judgment or decree of a court in any such action or proceedings as is or are referred to in paragraph (a) and is pending before the Supreme Court on the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed at all times to have been and to be null and void; and |
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| (c) proceedings shall not be taken for the enforcement of any judgment or decree in any such action or proceedings as is or are referred to in paragraph (a), and where such proceedings have begun before the date of commencement of this Act but have not been completed on such date, such proceedings shall not be continued. |
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