The Meghalaya Succession to Self Acquired Property (Khasi and Jaintia Special Provision) Act, 1986
The Meghalaya Succession to Self Acquired Property (Khasi and Jaintia Special Provision) Act, 1986
This Act regulates how individuals can distribute their self acquired property, meaning personal assets not inherited as ancestral wealth, through legal wills. It applies exclusively to the Khasi and Jaintia peoples. This law matters because it grants tribal members the freedom to choose their heirs, bypassing traditional matrilineal inheritance customs. To protect community interests, it voids any will that leaves such property to non tribal individuals, except under specific conditions for educational, religious, or charitable institutions. Overall, it offers a clear legal process to create, alter, validate, and execute these wills, successfully balancing personal property rights with cultural preservation inside Meghalaya.
- 1. Short title and Commencement.
- 2. Application.
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Person capable of making will Central Act XXXIX of 1925.
- 5. Will may be revoked or altered.
- 6. Void will.
- 7. Testamentary guardian
- 8. Mode and manner of making will and procedure for its probate, etc.
- 9. Powers to alter or revoke notification.
- 10. Notification to be laid before the House.
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