(1) Every member of an illom, whether male or female, shall have an equal proprietary interest in its
(2) Such proprietary interest shall not in any manner be impaired or affected by reason of the deviation of such member from any orthodox custom or usage.
4. The karnavan shall keep true and correct accounts of the income and expenditure of the illom.
The accounts of each year shall be av~ilable for inspection at the illom house by the major anandlavans once in a year throughout the month of Kanni following such year and any such anandravan may take copies of or extracts from such accounts.
'15. (1) No sale or mortgaqe of ary immovable property of an illom a?d no lease of any such property and leases. either for a premium returnable wholly or in part or for a period exceeding twelve years shall be valic', unless it is executed by the karnavan for consideration, f o ~ jllom necessity or benefit, and with the written consem of the majority of the major members of the
(2) No lease of any itnmovable property cf an illom in cases not referred lo in sub-section ( I ) shall be valitl urless it is executed by the karnavan, ?Tamil and where the Malabar Tenarcy Act, 1929, confers Nadul fixity of tenure cn the lessee, unlessalso the written $+or consent of the m~jority o f the major members of the 1930.
illom, has been obtained to the lease.
-. ..- , I This section was substituted for the original section 5 by dection 48 of the Malabar Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1951 t (Tamil Nadu Act XXXEII of 1911).
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(3) Nothing ccntained in sub-seclio~ (1) or sub-section (2) shall be deemed to affect the validity of any mortgage or Iezse executed on or before the 27th July 1950 in accordance with the law in force at the time of such execution.]
6. No debt contracted or mortgage without posses- ~ ~ b t sion executed by a karnavan shall bind the illom contracted unless the debt is contracted or the mortgage isexecuted $$mavan for illom necessity.
I give up his rights as kamavan.
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MARRIAGE,
9. Notwithstanding any custom or usage to the Right of contrary every major male Nambudri shall, subjectN~l*~~dri 4 T a m i l to the provisions of section 5 of the '[Tcrn~il Nadu] f iadul Marumakkattayam Act, 1932, and any other law in his I &I, or for the time being in force, be at liberty to marry in ~ o n l 1 n ~ n i t ~ .
1933. his own community.
perties, the reasonable expellses of such marriage as and well as her dowry :
Provided tlpt not less that threqmoqtb previous " I f \ J ; , ,. , . qoolcg in qf,fhe man'isge shall ;be glvep to the ' km?v@* I , , ; , , f # , : I 1 , ,,,, 1: (2) The adount recoverable undkr sukCsektion (1) shall not exceed one-third of the value of the share which would fall to such fe-e member if a, pivision , , , % per capjta of the properties of the illom were made , among all the members thereof living on the date of the marriage, or rupees ten thousand, whichever is less :
Dowry to be separate property of Nambudri ' female.
Provided that where an illom consists of femaIes only, the amount recoverable under this sub-section may extend to the full value of her share.
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13. The dowry given to a Nambudri female or recovered by her under section 10 shall be her separate property.
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Guardian.
ship of minors.