Act.

This Act shall apply only in respect of alienations of immovable property or appointments of heirs made by persons who in regard to such alienations or appointments are governed by custom. Savings. 4. This Act shall not affect any right to contest any alienation or appointment of an heir made before the date on which this Act comes into force. Rights of #¢ Nothing in this Act shall-apply to any alienation males, . ° or appointment of an heir by a female. a 6. Subject to the provisions contained in section lest. alienations 22d notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in and appoint-section 5, Punjab Laws Act, 1872, no person shall contest a ments of heirs. ony alienation of ancestral immovable property or any ap- pointment of an heir to such property on the ground that such alienation or appointment is contrary to custom, unless such person is descended in male lineal descent from the great-great-grandfather of the person making the aliena- tion or appointment.

auenatcOn = OE 7. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contaily yy d non-ancestral . . : shall i872. property, | ed in section 5, Punjab Laws Act, 1872, no person contest any alienation of non-ancestral immovable _ Pr perty or any appointment of an heir to such proper trary the ground that such alienation or appointment 1s contre to custom. — | — : jsation ‘Substituted for the word “Punjab” by the Punjab Reorsepject®) (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurren ’ Order, 1968.