Title : Married women may take legal proceedings
State : Central
Year : 1874
A married woman may maintain a suit in her own name for the recovery of property of any description which, by force of the said Indian Succession Act, 1865 (10 of 1866) or of this Act, is her separate property; and she shall have, in her own name, the same remedies, both civil and criminal, against all persons, for the protection and security of such property, as is she were unmarried, and she shall be liable to such suits, processes and orders in respect of such property as she would be liable to if she were unmarried. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Local Extent of Acts in First Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1874
The Acts mentioned in the first schedule hereto annexed are now in force (substitute by the A.O.1950 for " throughout all the Provinces of India, except".) [ in the whole of India except Part B States and ] the Scheduled Districts. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Collector May Institute Legal Proceedings for the Protection of a Watan
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
(1) In any case in which it shall appear to the Collector that the institution of legal proceedings is requisite or desirable with respect to any watan, or the estate, property, funds or affairs thereof, the Collector shall certify such case in writing under his hand to the 1* * * 2[Commissioner], together with such statements and particulars as in his opinion may be requisite or proper for the explanation of such case, and thereupon the 3[said Commissioner], if upon consideration of the circumstances 4[he thinks fit], shall authorize the Collector to institute and prosecute in the name of the Collector such legal proceedings as may appear requisite or proper for the protection of the watan, its estates, property, funds or affairs, by suit or petition in any Civil Court having..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Watan as Signed as Remuneration Not Alienable Without Sanction
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
Watan property assigned under section 23 1* * * as remuneration of an officiator, and the profits of watan property so assigned, shall not be alienated or assigned to any person whatever without the sanction of 2[the 3[State] Government]. _________________ 1 The words " of this Act" were repealed by the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886 (Bom. 3 of 1886). 2 The words "the Provincial Government" were substituted for the word "Government" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. 3 This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Watan Property Passed into Possession of Person Other Than Officiator Liable to Contribution for Remuneration of Officiator
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
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 in to force pissed by virtue of, or in execution of, a decree or order of any 1[Court] into the ownership or beneficial possession of any person other than the officiator for the time being, or has or have before such date passed otherwise than by virtue of, or in execution of, a decree or order of any 1[Court] into the ownership or beneficial possession of a watandar other than such officiator, or when any watan, or part or profits thereof, not being aligned as remuneration of an officiator has, after the date of this Act coming into force, passed by virtue of, or in execution of, a decree or order of any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Commutation of Service
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
(1) The Collector may, with the consent of the holder of a watan, given in writing, relieve him and his heirs and successors in perpetuity of their liability to perform service upon such conditions, whether consistent with the provisions of this Act or not, as may be agreed upon by the Collector and such holder. (2) [Validation of prior settlements.] Rep. Act XVI of 1895. Settlement on whom to be binding. (3) Every settlement made or confirmed under this section shall be binding upon both 1[the 2[State] Government] and the holder of the watan and his heirs and successors. Who is a "holder" (4) The word "holder" for the purposes of this section includes any sole owner or the whole number of joint owners or any person dealt with as representative of the persons beneficially..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Creation of New Watans
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
When no watan exists, it shall be lawful for 1[the 2[State] Government] to create one, and in so doing to assign, subject to such sanction as may be required by any law, 3* * * * * for the time being in force, such 4[property vested in 5[the State Government]] as to 2[the 2[State] Government] may seem fit. Such watan shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act, and the watandars shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed by this Act or any other law for the time being in force. When a watan, or part of a watan, has lapsed or has been confiscated or otherwise lawfully resumed by 1[the 2[State] Government], or when the right of any particular family to hold a watan does not exist or is not established, it shall be lawful for1[the 2[State] Government],..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Collector to Fix Emoluments of Officiators
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other law for the time being in force regarding Service Inams, Cash allowances and Pensions, it shall be the duty of the Collector to fix the annual emoluments of officiators appointed under the provisions of this Act, and to direct the payment thereof to the officiators for the time being. Collector may assign watan property for the purpose. It shall be lawful for the Collector for this purpose to assign watan property, or the profits thereof, towards the emoluments of officiators. The existing assignments shall, until altered by competent authority, be taken to have been made under this section. With the sanction of 1[the 2[State] Government] the Collector may, as occasion arises, alter the assignment and may increase or diminish it..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Determination Representative Watandars
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[It shall be the duty of the Collector to determine, as hereinafter provided, the custom of the watan as to service and what persons shall be recognized as representative watandars for the purpose of this Act, and to register their names. ____________ 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 : Notice of Adoption when Heir is Adopted After Passing of Act
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1874
1[ In any case in which, after the coming of this Act into force, any registered representative watandar or his widow shall adopted an heir, report of such adoption shall within three months be made to the Collector by such watandar or by his widow, or in case of their death then by such adopted heir, or by the guardian of the latter, and the Collector shall register the name of such heir accordingly. But if such adoption shall subsequently be set aside by decree of a competent Court, the Collector shall remove such name from the register. ________________ 1 As to the local modification or repeal of section 33 and 34 see Bom. 6 of 1887. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section