Act Info:
THE BOMBAY HEREDITARY OFFICES ACT, 1874
[Act No. 3 of 1874]1
[5th February, 1875]
PREAMBLE
Repealed in part, by Act 12 of 1876;
" " " by Bom. 3 of 1886.
and
Amended by Act 16 of 1895;
" " " Bom. 5 of 1886;
" " " 3 of 1910.
Repealed in part, amended and supplemented (locally), by--
Bom. 6 of 1877.
Amended by Bom, 3 of 1915;
" " " 11 of 1925;
" " " 11 of 1930;
" " " 15 of 1931;
" " " 12 of 1932.
Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.
" " " by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
Amended by Bom. 28 of 1950.
Amended by Bom. 8 of 1958.
An Act to amend the Law relating to Hereditary Offices.
WHEREAS it is expedient to declare and amend the law relating to Hereditary Offices; It is hereby enacted as follows:--
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1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1873, Part V, and pp. 207 and 309, for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., pp. 439, 443 and 462, ibid., 1874, pp. 135, 148, 156 and 162.
As to the application of Bom. 3 of 1874 as amended by Bom. 5 of 1886, to Matadars in the districts of Ahmedabad, Kaira, Broach and Surat, and in villages in the Pancn Mahals District to which Bom. 6 of 1857, infra, is extended--see the Matadars Act, 1887 (Bom. 6 of 1887), section 1 and 2, infra.
Subject to modifications and repeals, Bom. 6 of 1887 is to be read as one with this Act,--see Bom. 6 of 1887, section 4. For further modifications, see section 5 et seq. of the latter Act.