Title : Repeal of Enactments
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
Rep. Act XII of 1876. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Alienation of Watan and Watan Rights
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[(1) Without the sanction of 2[the 3[State] Government], 4[or in the case of a mortgage, charge, alienation, or lease of not more than thirty years, of the Commissioner] it shall not be competent-- (a) to a watandar to mortgage, charge, alienate or lease, for a period beyond the term of his natural life, any watan, or any part thereof, or any interest therein, to or for the benefit of any person who is not a watandar of the same watan; (b) to a representative watandar to mortgage, charge, lease or alienate any right with which he is invested, as such, under this Act. (2) In the case of any watan in respect of which a service commutation settlement has been effected, either under section 15 or before that section came into force, clause (a) of this section shall apply to such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Collector May Declare Alienation of Watan Property to Be Under Certain Circumstances Null and Void
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
(1) Whenever any watan or any part thereof, or any of the profits thereof, whether assigned as remuneration of an officiator or not, has or have, before the date of this Act coming into force, passed otherwise than by virtue of, or in execution of, a decree or order of any British Court and without the consent of the Collector and transfer of ownership in the Revenue records, into the ownership or beneficial possession of any person not a watandar of the same watan, the Collector may, after recording his reasons in writing, declare such alienation to be null and void, and order that such watan, or any part thereof, or any of the profits thereof, shall from the date of such order belong to the watandar previously entitled thereto, and may recover and pay to such watandar any profits..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Combination of Hereditary Offices
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
(1) It shall be lawful for a Collector for reasons to be stated in writing, to combine two or more watans held for the performance of similar services in the same village or parts of the same village. (2) [Validation of prior combinations.] Rep. Act XVI of 1895. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Mode of Fixing Amount Payable when Profits of a Watan Fluctuate
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
Whenever, on failure of the panchayat to come to a decision, the Collector, acting under the last preceding section on, passes a decision, and it appears that the profits of the watan or part thereof are of fluctuating amount, or are payable in kind, it shall be lawful for the Collector to determine the amount payable and to decide whether the payment shall be made in kind or money. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Duties of Office to Be Performed by Representative Watandars
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[ The duties appertaining to any hereditary office shall be performed by the representative watandars or by deputies or substitutes as hereinafter provided, and by no other persons. ______________ 1 As to the local repeal of section 24 to 29 see the Matadars Act, 1887 (Bom. 6 of 1887), section 1 and 3. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Registration of Head of Family as Representative Watandars
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[ If it shall appear to the Collector that the custom has been for a member of one family only to serve, the Collector shall register the name of the head of such family only as the representative watandars and no other person. ____________ 1 As to the local repeal of section 24 to 29 see the Matadars Act, 1887 (Bom. 6 of 1887), section 1 and 3 View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Registration of Heads of Families as Representative Watandars
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[If it shall appear to the Collector that the custom has been for a member of each of several families to perform the duties either contemporaneously or for successive periods, the Collector shall register the name of the head of each of such families as representative watandars and no other persons, and where the practice of service and successive periods is proved to exist, he shall decide the order in which the representative watandars shall officiate. ______________ 1 As to the local repeal of section 24 to 29 see the Matadars Act, 1887 (Bom. 6 of 1887), section 1 and 3. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Registration as Representative Watandar of Head of Each Family in Amalgamated Watan
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[ When the practice of service in successive periods has been introduced under the British rule, in consequence of the reduction in the number of 2[officiators] or the amalgamation of watans by 3[the Provincial Government], the head of each family that formerly officiated shall be separately entered as a representative watandar. ___________ 1 As to the local Modification or repeal of section 30 and 31, see Bom. 6 of 1887. 2 This word was substituted for the word "sharers" by section 6 of the Bombay Hereditary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1886 (Bom. 5 of 1886). 3 The words "the Provincial Government" were substituted for the word "Government" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure if Notice of Adoption is Not Duly Given
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
In any case in which 1[notice or] report of such adoption shall not be made as herein directed, the Collector shall not recognize the same without the production of a certificate of heirship, or of a final decree of a competent Court establishing the validity of such adoption. ________________ 1 These words were inserted by section 7 of the Bombay Hereditary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1886 (Bom. 5 of 1886). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section