Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1949
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1949
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ACT, 1949.1
('[TAMILNADU]AWWDMENT)
(Received the dssent of the Govern-General on the 4th July
1949 ; rirst published in the Fori S t . George Gazette
on the 12th July 1949.)
An Act to amend the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)
Applieaiioa Act, 1931 (Central A d XXVI of 1937).
in its application to the 3[ State of Tamil Nadu].
one to amend the Muslim Personal #
1. This Act may be called the Muslirn Personal Law sb, ~rttitle,
t ) App1ic I tion ('[Tamil Nzdu] Amendment) Act
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1These words were substituted for the word " Madras * * by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the
TamilNadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.
For Statementof Objects and Reasons, see, fiort S f .George Gazette,
ated the 3rd February 1948, Part IV-A, pages 54-55.
' This Act was extended to the Kanyakurdari district and the
uk of the Tirunelveli district by section 3 of, and the
to, the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension -
,196P (Tamil'Nadu Act 23 of 1960).
8 This expression was substituted for the expression '' Province
of Madras '* by,paragraph 3 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of
Laws Order, 1970,
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a[Su?)~titu- 2. The MK'uslirn Personal Law (Shariat) l[Appli*rtion]
tion of Act, 1937 (hereinafter referred to as the mid Act), sbau, in
new its application to the 2[Sta te of 'Iia mil Nad~i],be amended
s~~~~ in the manner hereinafter provided. I
Act XXVI 3* For section 2 of the said Act, the following section
of 1937.1 shall be substituted, namely :-
Applicaw
'~~12; Notwithstanding any custom or usage tc the.
tion contrary, in all questions regarding intestate succession,
, of Personal special property of females, including personal property
Law to inherited or obtained under contract or gift or any other
Muslims* provision of personal $w, marriage, dissolution of
marriage, including Talluq, Ila, Zihar, Eian, Xhula 2nd
Muburaat, maintenance, d owe:, guardianship, gifts, trusts
and trust properties and waWs the rule of decision in cases
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where the parties are Muslims shall be the Muslim Per-
-sonal Law (Shariat)."
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