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The Cochin Nayar Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1938

THE COCHIN NAYAR ACT, 1113 THE COCHIN NAYAR ACT, 1113 [Act No. 29 of 1113] [22nd July, 1938] PREAMBLE Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Cochin Nayar Act, XIII of 1095, it is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title and application This Act may be called the Cochin Nayar Act, XXIX of 1113. It shall apply to all Nayars domiciled in Cochin, and to such Nayars not so domiciled, and to such non-Nayars, whether or not so domiciled, as have or shall have, marital relation with Nayars domiciled in Cochin. It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Repeal The Cochin Nayar Act, XIII of 1095, is hereby repealed. Section 3 - Definitions In this Act unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:- 'Anandaravan' means any member of tarwad other than the Karanavan. 'Karanavan' means the senior major male member of a tarwad and, in the absence of such male member, the senior major female member thereof, unless there is a family usage by which the senior major female member is recognised as karanavan. 'Marumakkathayam' means a system of inheritance in which descent is traced in the female line. 'Minor' means.....

Arya Marriage Validation Act ,1937 Section 2

Title: Marriage Between Arya Samajists Not to Be Invalid

State: Central

Year: 1937

Notwithstanding any provision of Hindu Law, usage or custom to the contrary no marriage contracted whether before or after the commencement of this Act between two persons being at the time of the marriage Arya Samajists shall be invalid or shall be deemed over to have been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties at any time belonged to different castes or different sub-castes of Hindus or that either or both of the parties at any time before the marriage belonged to a religion other than Hinduism.

Constitution of India Constitution Order 32

Title: Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Part C States) Order, 1951

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....Article 341 of theConstitution of India, as amended by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act,1951, the President is pleased to make the following Order, namely :-- 1.This Order may be called the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Part C States)Order, 1951. 2.Subject to the provisions of this Order, the castes, races or tribes or partsof, or groups within, castes or tribes, specified in 1 [Parts I to IX]of the Schedule to this Order-shall, in relation to the States to which thoseParts respectively relate, be deemed to be Scheduled Castes so far as regardsmembers thereof resident in the localities specified in relation to themrespectively in those Parts of that Schedule. 3.Notwithstanding anything contained in Paragraph 2, no person who professes areligion different from Hinduism shall be deemed to be a member of a ScheduledCaste : Providedthat every member of the Kabirpanthi, Mazhabi, Ram Dasia, Ravidasi or Raidasi orSikligar caste resident in the State of Delhi and Kabirpanthi or Julaha or Keer,Mazhabi, Ramdasi or Ravi-dasi, Ramdasia or sikligar caste resident in the Stateof Himachal Pradesh shall, in relation to that State, be deemed to be a. memberof the Scheduled.....

Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1937

.....as introduced, (now appearing as Cl, 2). We have omitted the definition of Arya Samajists. We were impressed by the difficulty of finding a satisfactory definition, and we consider that the proposal in sub-clause (b) of Cl. 2 that a declaration subsequent to marriage should suffice to establish that the maker of the declaration was an Arya Samajist, was fraught with danger. We are of opinion that the purposes of the Bill will be adequately served if the question of the religious status of the parties to a marriage remains a question of fact to be determined by the circumstances of each case. We have recast clause (3) (now numbered Cl. 2) in a clearer and more comprehensive form. We recognize that some provision must be made to govern succession in respeet of the marriages dealt with by the Bill, but we found that considerable diversity of opinion existed as lo what that provision should be. We decided by a majority that the most suitable solution of the problem is to provide as we have done in clause 3 that questions of succession shall be determined according to the Indian Succession Act, '1925. The 5th August, 1936. N. N. SIRCAR. M. C. RAJAH. G. S. GUPTA. N, B. KHARE......