Bare Act

The Bombay Hindu Women's Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land) Act, 1947

This law extends the Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act of 1937 to include agricultural land within the Province of Bombay. It ensures that Hindu women have the same inheritance rights to farmland as they do to other property, overriding any traditional Hindu customs or laws that might otherwise deny them these rights. By applying these protections to agricultural land, the Act aims to secure the economic future of Hindu women in the region and promote gender equality in property ownership, effectively repealing a previous ordinance to establish this clear legal framework.

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