Bll‘th 1n famlly not to glve use to rlghts 1n property Jomt tenancy to be replaced by tenancy 1n common Rule of [3101.18 obllgatxon of Hmdu son abrogated Llabxhty of members of Jomt Hmdu famlly for debts contracted before Act not affected
7. Repeal The schedule GUIQOON THE KERALA JOINT HINDU FAMILY SYSTEM (ABOLITION) ACT, 1975* (Act 30 of 1976) An Act to abolish the Joint family system among Hindus in the State of Kerala Preamble —WHEREAS 1t 13 expedlent to abollsh the Jomt family system among Hindus 1n the State of Kerala, BE 1t enacted in the Twenty-stxth Year of the Repubhc of Iudla as follows —— 1 Short title, extent and commencement—(1) Thxs Act may be called the Kerala Jomt Hlndu Famlly System (Abolltlon) Act, 1975 *Recclvcd the assent of the Presdent on the 10th August 1976 and pubhshed m the Kerala Gazette Extraordmary No 484, dated 17th August, 1976.
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(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) It shall come 1nto force on such date as the Government may, by notlfication 1n the Gazette, appomt, 2 Definition—In thrs Act, ”Jomt Hindu Fanuly” means any Hmdu family w1th commumty 01 property and 111clude=.——
(1) a tarwad or thavaa governed by the Madlas Marumakkathayam Act, 1932, the Travancorc Nayar Act, II of 1100, the Travancore Ezhava Act, III of 1100, the NanJmad Vellala Act of 1101, the Travancore Kshatriya Act of 1108, the Travancore Knshnanvaka Marumakkathayee Act, VII of 1115, the Cochm Nayar Act, XXIX 01 1113, or the Cochln Marumakkathayam Act, XXXIII of 1113,
(2) a kutumba or kavaru governed by the Madras Ahyasanthana Act, 1949,
(3) an lllom governed by the Kerala Nambudn‘i Act, 1958, and '
(4) an und1v1ded Hlndu family governed by the Mitakshara law. .
3 Birth in family not to give rise to rights in property.— On and after the commencement oi th1s Act, no right to clann any interest 1n any property of an ancestor durmg his or her l1fet1me Wthh lS founded on the mere fact that the clalmant was born 1n the family of the ancestor shall be recogmsed 1n any court.
\ 4 Joint tenancy to be replaced by tenancy in common—-
(1) All members of an und1v1ded Hindu Family governed by the M1takshara law holding any coparcenary property on the day th1s Act comes 1n't0 force shall, With effect from that day, be deemed to hold 1t as tenants—in—common as If a partition had taken place among all the members of that undiVIded Hlndu family as respects such property and as if each one of them L) holding his or her share separately as lull owner thereof Prov1ded that nothing 1n thls sub—sectlon shall afi‘ect the right to mamtenance or the right to marriage or funeral expenses out of the copalcenary property or the right to resrdence, 11 any. of the members of an und1v1ded Hindu family, other than persons who have become entltled to hold their ~¢.