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The Oudh Estates' Act, 1869

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An Act to define the rights of Taluqdars and others in certain estates in Oudh, and to regulate the succession thereto.

Act number
1 of 1869
Ministry
Ministry of Home Affairs
Department
Department of States
Enacted
12 Jan 1869

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33 sections

  1. Section 1Short title.
  2. Section 2Interpretation - clause.
  3. Section 3Taluqdars to have heritable and transferable rights in their estates.
  4. Section 4Rights and liabilities of persons named in second schedule.
  5. Section 5Grantees' rights and liabilities.
  6. Section 6Saving of certain redemption-suits.
  7. Section 7Heirlooms.
  8. Section 8Preparation of lists of Taluqdars and Grantees.
  9. Section 9Publication of lists.
  10. Section 10None but persons named in lists to be deemed Taluqdars or Grantees.
  11. Section 11Taluqdars and Grantees may transfer and bequeath.
  12. Section 12Rule against perpetuity.
  13. Section 13Restriction as to donees and legatees.
  14. Section 14Transfers and bequests to Taluqdars or heirs.
  15. Section 15Transfers and bequests to persons out of line of seccession.
  16. Section 16Transfers to be in writing, signed and attested.
  17. Section 17Further requisites to validity of gifts inter vivos.
  18. Section 18Gifts to religious or charitable uses.
  19. Section 19Sections of Succession Act applied to wills of Taluqdars.
  20. Section 20Bequests to religious and charitable uses.
  21. Section 21'Son,' 'descendants,' 'daughter,' 'brother,' 'widow,' defined.
  22. Section 22Special rules of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees.
  23. Section 23General rule of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees.
  24. Section 24Maintenance of surviving relatives of Taluqdars and Grantees.
  25. Section 25Grandparents, parents, and senior widows. Junior widows.
  26. Section 26Brothers and minor sons.
  27. Section 27Unmarried daughters, widows of sons and brothers and inferior widows.
  28. Section 28Continuance of annuities.
  29. Section 29Muhammadan Taluqdars and Grantees empowered to adopt.
  30. Section 30Alteration of rules of intestate succession in cases of Taluqdárs and Grantees named in list 3 or list 5.
  31. Section 31Reverter to ordinary law of succession.
  32. Section 32Saving of rights of creditors.
  33. Section 33Awards as to compensation and maintenance.