Section 4: Prohibition of the right to recover property held benami.

The Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988Central Act · Act 45 of 1988

(1) No suit, claim or action to enforce any right in respect of any property held benami against the person in whose name the property is held or against any other person shall lie by or on behalf of a person claiming to be the real owner of such property.

(2) No defence based on any right in respect of any property held benami, whether against the person in whose name the property is held or against any other person, shall be allowed in any suit, claim or action by or on behalf of a person claiming to be the real owner of such property.

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Where this provision sits

Act	The Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988
Section	4
Marginal note	Prohibition of the right to recover property held benami.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	8

How this provision has been amended

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omitted. . Omitted by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-2016).

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