Section 8. Prohibition against deprivation of certain rights.

8.Prohibition against deprivation of certain rights.- (1) Notwithstanding any custom or contract to the contrary, every lease or agreement between a landholder and a tenant, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, which purports, or would operate, to prohibit or restrict a tenant from acquiring, exercising or enforcing any right conferred on, or secured to, him by this Act, shall be void to the extend of such prohibition or restriction.