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The Dispositions of Property (Bombay) Validation Act, 1947

The Dispositions of Property (Bombay) Validation Act, 1947

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The Dispositions of Property (Bombay) Validation Act, 1947, retroactively secures the validity of certain wills and trusts created before 1945 in the Bombay Province. This law applies to deceased individuals who established trusts or wrote wills involving land in Bombay, or other assets within the region. It matters because it exempted these older estate plans from strict legal rules that otherwise invalidated property transfers to unborn or future generations. By bypassing these technical legal restrictions, the Act prevented existing family inheritances from being declared legally void, thereby protecting established property rights unless a court had already ruled otherwise.

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  1. 1. Short title.
  2. 2. Application of Act.
  3. 3. Validation of certain dispositions.
  4. 4. Saving.

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