Section 5B: Law of succession or any custom or usage not to apply to enemy property.

The Enemy Property Act, 1968Central Act · Act 34 of 1968

[5B. Law of succession or any custom or usage not to apply to enemy property.—Nothing contained in any law for the time being in force relating to succession or any custom or usage governing succession of property shall apply in relation to the enemy property under this Act and no person (including his legal heir and successor) shall have any right and shall be deemed not to have any right (including all rights, titles and interests or any benefit arising out of such property) in relation to such enemy property.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expressions "custom" and "usage" signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law in the matters of succession of property.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Enemy Property Act, 1968
Section	5B
Marginal note	Law of succession or any custom or usage not to apply to enemy property.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

inserted. . Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 10-7-1968).

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