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Bengal Muhammadan Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1876 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1876

..... (2) by two witnesses who were present at the marriage-ceremony; (3) in cases in which the woman is represented by a vakil- by two witnesses of the fact of the vakil having been duly authorized to represent her; (4) by the Muhammadan Registrar; if the entry be of a divroce other than the kind known as Khula 1414. Words ins. by Ben. Act 1 of 1935. [or Talaqi-tafweez] in a register in the Form B contained in the schedule to this Act,- (1) by the man who has effected the divorce; (2) by the witness who identifies the man who has effected the divorce; (3) if the man be of the Shia sect- by two witnesses to the divorce being effected; (4) by the Muhammandan Registrar; if the entry be of a divroce of the kind known as Khula in a register in the Form C contained in the schedule to this Act,- (1) by the parties to the Khula : provided that, if the woman by a parda-nashin, the entry may be signed on her behalf by her duly authorized vakil; (2) by the person who identifies the man; (3) by the person who identifies the woman; (4) if the application for registration has been made by a vakil on behalf of the woman- by two witnesses to the fact of the vakil having been duly authorized to.....

Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920 Section 4

Title: Dissolution of the Muhammadan Anglo-oriental College,. Aligarh and the Muslim University Association, and Transfer of All Property to the University

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....or of the said Committee shall, on the commencement of this Act, be construed as if the University was therein named instead of such Society or Committee; (v) Subject to any orders which the Court may make the buildings which belonged to the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Aligarh, shall continue to be known and designated by the names and styles by which they were known and designated immediately before the commencement of this Act; (vi) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person employed immediately before the commencement of this Act in the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, shall hold employment in the University by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension and gratuity as he would have held the same under the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, if this Act had not been passed.

Cutchi Memons Act, 1938 Section 2

Title: Cutchi Memons to Be Governed in Certain Matters by Muhammadan Law

State: Central

Year: 1938

Subject to the provisions of section 3, all Cutchi Memons shall, in matters of succession and inheritance, be governed by the Muhammadan Law.

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Section 129

Title: Saving of Donations Mortis Causa and Muhammadan Law

State: Central

Year: 1882

Nothing in this Chapter relates togifts of moveable property made in contemplation of death, or shall be deemed toaffect any rule of Muhammadan law 1 [* * *]. _____________________ 1. The words and figures "or, save asprovided by section 123, any rule of Hindu or Buddhist law "omitted by Act20 of 1929, Section 61.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 218

Title: To Whom Administration May Be Granted, Where Deceased is a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, Jaina or Exempted Person

State: Central

Year: 1925

(1) If the deceased has died intestate and was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or jaina or an exempted person, administration of his estate may be granted to any person who, according to the rules for the distribution of the estate applicable in the case of such deceased, would be entitled to the whole or any part of such deceased's estate. (2) When several such persons apply for such administration, it shall be in the discretion of the Court to grant it to any one or more of them. (3) When no such person applies, it may be granted to a creditor of the deceased.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 219

Title: Where Deceased is Not a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, Jaina or Exempted Person

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....surviving his wife has the same right of administration of her estateas the widow has in respect of the estate of her husband. (f) Whenthere is no person connected with the deceased by marriage or consanguinitywho is entitled to letters of administration and Willing to act, they may begranted to a creditor. (g)Wherethe deceased has left property in 1 [India], letters ofadministration shall be granted according to the foregoing rules,notwithstanding that he had his domicile in a country inwhich the law relating to estate and intestate succession differs from the lawof 1 [India]. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951,section3 and schedule, for "theState".

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1935

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....inconsistent with the scheme of Federation embodied in this Act: Provided that after the establishment of the Federation, if any Instrument has in fact been accepted by His Majesty, the validity of that Instrument or of any of its provisions shall not be called in question and the provisions of this Act shall, in relation to the State, have effect subject to the provisions of the Instrument. (5) It shall be a term of every Instrument of Accession that the provisions of this Act mentioned in the Second Schedule thereto, may, without affecting the accession of the State, be amended by or by authority of Parliament, but not such amendment shall, unless it is accepted by the Ruler in a supplementary Instrument, be construed as extending the func­tions which by virtue of the Instrument are exercisable by His Majesty or any Federal Authority in relation to the State. (6) An Instrument of Accession or supplementary Instrument shall not be valid unless it is executed by the Ruler himself, but, subject as afore­said, references in this Act to the .Ruler of a State include references to any persons for the time being exercising the powers of the Ruler of the State, whether by.....

Calcutta Burial Boards Act, 1889 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1889

..... (2) And such burial-ground shall thereupon be managed in all respects as a public Muhammadan burial-ground subject to the provisions of this Act. Section 9 Power in Board to create new burial-grounds or extend those already in existence by purchase of land The Board may, with the sanction of the 55.Words subs, by the Government of India [Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State Government], purchase any land in, or in the vicinity of, Calcutta, whether previously used as a burial-ground or not, with the object of extending any public burial-ground under its charge or of forming a new public burial-ground. Section 10 Power to withdraw burial-grounds from superintendence, management or control of Board The 55.Words subs, by the Government of India [Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State Government] may, 77. Words "in his discretion" om. by the Government of India (Adaptation Laws) Order. 1937. * at any time, withdraw any burial-ground from the super intendence, management or control of the Board. Section 11 Board to receive and account for fees and grants The Board shall.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 9

Title: Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....or suggestion, or by concealing from the Court something material to the case; or (c) the grant was obtained by means of an untrue allegation of a fact essential in point of law to justify the grant, though such allegation was made in ignorance or inadvertently; or (d) the grant has become useless and inoperative through circumstances; or (e) the person to whom the grant was made has wilfully and without reasonable cause omitted to exhibit an inventory or account in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VII of this Part, or has exhibited under that Chapter an inventory or account which is untrue in a material respect. Illustrations (i) The Court by which the grant was made had no jurisdiction. (ii) The grant was made without citing parties who ought to have been cited. (iii) The Will of which probate was obtained was forged or revoked. (iv) A obtained letters of administration to the estate of B, as his widow, but it has since transpired that she was never married to him. (v) A has been taken administration to the estate of B as if he had died intestate, but a Will has since been discovered. (vi) Since probate was granted, a latter Will has been.....

Succession Act, 1925 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....of determining questions as to what person or what property is denoted by any words used in a will, a Court shall inquire into every material fact relating to the persons who claim to be interested under such will, the property which is claimed as the subject of disposition, the circumstances of the testator and of his family, and into every fact a knowledge of which may conduce to the right application of the words which the testator has used. SECTION 76: MISNOMER OR MISS DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (1) Where the words used in a will to designate or describe a legatee or a class of legatees sufficiently show what is meant, an error in the name or description shall not prevent the legacy from taking effect. (2) A mistake in the name of a legatee may be corrected by a description of him, and a mistake in the description of a legatee may be corrected by the name. SECTION 77: WHEN WORDS MAY BE SUPPLIED Where any word material to the full expression of the meaning has been omitted, it may be supplied by the context. SECTION 78: REJECTION OF ERRONEOUS PARTICULARS IN DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT If the thing which the testator intended to bequeath can be sufficiently identified.....