Tamil Nadu act 032 of 1955 : The Tamil Nadu Marumakkattayam (Removal of Doubts) Act, 1955

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Act 32 of 1955

Keyword(s):

Sthanam Properties, Removal of Doubts, Maintenance, Tarwad

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Matu~ttakkattayam [19% : *'T.k. Art X?L%lt 5 75

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1VAMIL NADU] ACT No. XXXII OF 1955."

HE ~ ~ A M I L NADU] MARUMAKKA~AY AM (REMOVAL

OP DOUBTS) ACT, 1955.1 1 ,1

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(Received the a s s k t c j the President of the 15th O~tober

, 1955; first published in the Fdrt St. George Gazette i \I

Extraordinary on the 19 th October 1955 .) .!i $

~n A C ~ to remove cdrtain doubts in the 'warnif Nadu] Maromakka t tay'em Act, 1932 '[Tamil Nadu] Act

- ' XXII of 1933, in regard to sthanams and 'sthanam . - properties.

W ~ R B ~ doubts have arisen about the true legal character of certain propxties which are erroneously c12imod to be or regarded as sthanarn properties, but , which are . . properties of the tarwad, the male me,mbers of which

to succeed to the stbanam and it is neoes-

,fy to , remove those doubts in respect of this question i . . - A"

BB it enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India , . .^{, . ?.}

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1. (1) p b s Act may b~ called the lvsmil Nadu] Short ti&%, L ;. and ' , m m a k k a t t a y a m (Removal of Doubts) Act, 1955. . t +.&. . - $ -' ., applicrt&.~~. ,,p .

(2) 1t apply to all per sons governed by the '-t . . "!,

?mil Nndt.11 Mar umakkattayam -Act, 1932 (l[Tamil ltT^{. .} Nadu] Ad Xl&II of 1933).

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2, Notwithtanding any decision of Court, any artai*? kind8 OQR' ^-+ . "

si&,na~n in respect of which- sthaam . , '.

(a) there is or hed been a t any time en intermingling pro e * H . , " * P of rh propcxties of the sthanarn and the propertiesof the gga;; :; ' tarwad, or pr opsa- , ,; . -< ,

(b) the mcnibers of th3 tarwad lwve been receiving .^,., .'. m$intena 11,cd f t ~ ~ n t h; pr OP ;'ties pW"'tin$ '0 be^{. i' '} sthan?.m pro~rt ies "S of right, or in pursuance of a

custcm or otherwise, 01- --^'Z

i T~~~~ words were subsiitu! cd for the word "Madras" k the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as ammdd by

- , Tamil Nadu Adapt at ion of Lalis (S ewild blendment) Ord@f,

1 969.

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3 ~~r s t~tement of Objects and Aeasons see Fort St. George

Q~ iefte, pa*-~-A, dated the 10th A u a ~ f 1955. Pa* 17"

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576 1955 : T. N. Act XXXII] Ma~umakkuttccya~~ (Retfiovcd of Doubrs)

(c) There had at anytime been a v;tcancy caused by

there being no male member of the tarwad eligi succeed to the sthanam,

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