The Hindu Women's Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land in Odisha) Act, 1944

ODISHAACT5OF1944 THEHINDUWOMEN'SRIGHTSTOPROPERTY(EXTENSIONTOAGRICULTURAL LANDINODISHA)ACT,1944 (21stApril1944) ANACTTOEXTENDTHEOPERATIONOFTHEHINDU WOMEN'SRIGHTSTOPROPERTYACT,1937,ANDTHEHINDU WOMEN'SRIGHTSTOPROPERTY(AMENDMENT)ACT,1938, TOAGRICULTURALLANDINTHEPROVINCEOFODISHA. 11ICRF,ASthoIlinduWomen's 1937XVIIIöf RightstoProporty„Act amendedbytheIlin(Cliwomen's '1937. liJght8toProperty(Amendment)Act, 11)38.purportedtogivebetterrightstoof1938, ••W0tnoninofpropertyingehe•r41; •Iiihog.thetthosnidAqt.•$ßno!operate• agrculturalland; .4NDWHEREAS htWOalready.tidconplacointheProvince Of4)riB8uon•thothatwomenhad goquhodrjghtHundertho Aotinrogpcotofngriculturallandaswell OthorkmdNofproperty; ANDWIIERICASit .-isthereforO X'xpodienttoextendthooperationofthe Ntttd•Act,Jougriculturallandintho HaidProvincowithretrospectiveeffect, but)withcertainsavings,forthepurpose ofgivingwomenbetterrightsunderthe NiiidAct,inrespectofagriculturalland" inthesaidProvinceaswellasforvalidat- ingthotransactionsreferredtoabove audtorotherpurposes; Searchable PDF created by OCR.space (Free Version)

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Notwithstanding anything contained in section 2, where any person who, but for this Act, would have been entitled to any property, has been in possession thereof or has made a transfer thereof, his possession up to the date of the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be lawful, and the transfer so made by him shall be deemed to be as valid as if this Act had not been passed.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect any special law for the time being in force in any part of the Province of relating to succession to the rights of tenants in agricultural land.