Section 58A(4) in Tamil Nadu Estates (Abolition and Conversion Into Ryotwari) Act, 1948
(4)All proceedings for the execution of any decree or order by the arrest and detention in prison of the principal or any other landholder of an estate, pending at the commencement of the [Tamil Nadu] [Substituted for the word 'Madras' by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.] Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Amendment Act, 1951 ([Tamil Nadu] [Substituted for the word 'Madras' by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.] Act XVII of 1951), shall stand dismissed, and if at such commencement, the principal or any other landholder is detained in a prison in execution of any such decree or order, he shall be released forthwith.