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Section 31: Reverter to ordinary law of succession.

The Oudh Estates' Act, 1869Central Act · Act 1 of 1869

Any Taluqdár or Grantee, heir or legatee, may, at any time hereafter, present to the Chief Commissioner of Oudh a declaration in writing, executed and registered in the manner required by this Act for the execution and registration of instruments of gift, that he is desirous that his estate should in future be held subject to the ordinary law of succession to which members of his tribe and religion are subject.

On receiving such declaration, the Chief Commissioner shall cause a note thereof to be made in the proper places in each of the lists mentioned in section eight in which the name of such Taluqdár or Grantee, heir or legatee, has been entered, and thenceforward none of the provisions of this Act shall apply to such estate, which shall thenceforward be held subject in all respects to the ordinary law of succession to which members of his tribe and religion are subject.

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ActThe Oudh Estates' Act, 1869
Section31
Marginal noteReverter to ordinary law of succession.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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