Section 18A. Board to become Tenant in respect to certain Buildings

[(1) Where any building or part thereof was on the appointed day occupied as tenant by any local body for the purpose of any basic school, the tenancy in respect of such building or part shall, with effect from the said day,stand transferred in favour of the Board. (2) Where any building or part thereof belonging to a local body was on the appointed day occupied by it for the purposes of any basic school, the Board shall, with effect from the said day, be deemed to have become licensee on behalf of the local body in respect of such building or part on such terms and conditions as .the State Government may by general or special order determine. (3) The provisions of this section shall have effect, notwithstanding anything contained in any contract, lease or other instrument, or any law for the time being in force.]1