Act Info:
(1) The Palace shall be deemed to include all assets, rights, leaseholds, powers, authorities and privileges and all property, moveable and immovable including buildings, temples, places of worship, open space, park, garden and all other pieces of art, regalia, the Royal Treasures including Royal Thrones, Royal Crowns, the Howdah, Royal wears and ornaments, paintings, art works, sculptures and all other rights and interests in or arising out of such property, as were immediately before the appointed day in the ownership, possession, power or control of the legal representatives or heirs or transferees and all books of accounts, registers and other documents of whatever nature relating thereto.
(2) All properties aforesaid, which have vested in the State Government under section 4 shall, by virtue of such vesting be freed and discharged from any trust, obligation, mortgage, lease, charge, lien and all other encumbrances affecting them and any attachment, injunction, judgement, decree or order of any court or other authority restricting the use of such property in any manner shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(3) Every legal representative or heir or transferee who has, on the appointed day, any right, title or interest in relation to the Palace shall have the right to prefer his claim in the prescribed manner before the Commissioner for payment of amount out of the amount, specified under section 8.
(4) Every mortgagee of any property which has vested under this Act in the State Government and every person holding any charge, lease, lien or other interest in or in relation to, any such property shall give, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, an intimation to the Commissioner of such mortgage, lease, charge, lien or other interest.
(5) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the mortgagee of any property referred to in sub-section (4) or other person holding any charge, lease, lien or other interest in or in relation, to any such property shall be entitled to claim in accordance with his rights or interest, payment of the mortgage money or other dues in whole or in part out of the amount specified in section 8, but no such mortgage, lease, charge, lien or other interest shall be enforceable against any property which has vested in the State Government.
(6) If, on the appointed day, any suit, appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature, in relation to any property which has vested in the State Government under section 4, instituted or preferred by or against the legal representative or heir or transferees, is pending, the same shall not abate, be discontinued or in any way prejudiciously affected by reason of the transfer of the Palace or anything contained in this Act, but the suit, appeal or other proceeding may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by or against the State Government, or, where the Palace is directed under section 7 to vest in the Board by or against the Board.