(1) This Act may be called the Murshidabad Estate (Management Short title of Properties) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1980.
and commence-
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government ment.
may by notification appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions.
(a) "appointed day" means the day appointed under subsection (2) of section 1;
(b) "daughter"means a legitimate daughter;
(c) "Estate Manager" means the Estate Manager appointed as such by the State Government under section 5;
(d) "late Nawab Bahadur" means the late Nawab B ahadur Wasif Ali Mirza;
257 The Murshidabad Estate (Management of Properties) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1980.
[West Ben. Act Transfer of the properties of the Murshidabad Estate to the State Government.
General effect of transfer.
(Sections 3, 4.)
(e) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "properties of the Murshidabad Estate" means the properties, movable and immovable, referred to in the Schedule annexed to the Murshidabad Estate (Trust) Act, 1963 as vested in the Official Trustee for West Bengal, and as held in trust by him or his successor immediately before the appointed day, under that Act, and includes the funds of the Murshidabad Estate and the income from the properties of the said Estate which may be in his possession, custody or control immediately before the appointed day;
(h) "son" means a legitimate son.