The Tamil Nadu Marumakkattayam (Removal of Doubts) Act, 1955

The Tamil Nadu Marumakkattayam (Removal of Doubts) Act, 1955

Act 32 of 1955

Keyword(s): Sthanam Properties, Removal of Doubts, Maintenance, Tarwad

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Matu~ttakkattayam [19% :*'T.k.Art X?L%lt 575

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(Ilemovalo jDoubts) r:r

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1VAMILNADU] ACT No. XXXII OF 1955."

HE~ ~ A M NADU]I L MARUMAKKA~AYAM (REMOVAL

OP DOUBTS)ACT, 1955.1

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(Received the asskt c j the President of the 15th O~tober

, 1955;first published in the Fdrt St. George Gazette i\I

Extraordinary on the 19 th October 1955.) .!i$ ~n A C to~ remove cdrtain doubts in the 'warnif Nadu]

Maromakkattay'em Act, 1932 '[Tamil Nadu] Act

• • ' XXII of 1933, in regard to sthanams and 'sthanam .
• • properties. W ~ R doubtsB ~ have arisen about the true legal character of certain propxties which are erroneously c12imod to be or regarded as sthanarn properties, but , which are . . properties of the tarwad, the male me,mbers of which to succeed to the stbanam and it is neoes,fy to, remove those doubts in respect of this question i . . BBit enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India , - A" . . ., .?. t ' as follows :- . i

1. (1) p b s Act may b~ called the lvsmil Nadu] Short ti&%, mmakkattayam (Removal of Doubts) Act, 1955. . ' , and applicrt&.~~.. ,,- p$ -'.,. t +.&.
2. (2) 1t apply to all persons governed by the '-t . . "!, ltT?milNndt.11 Marumakkattayam -Act, 1932 (l[Tamil . . Nadu] Ad Xl&IIof 1933). .. -- / i j
   • • L 'Y 2, Notwithtanding any decision of Court, any kind8artai*?OQR' -+ . " si&,na~nin respect of which- sthaam . , '. (a)thereisorhedbeena tanytimeenintermingling proPe*H. , "* ofrhpropcxtiesofthesthanarnandthe propertiesofthe gga;;;: ' tarwad, or propsa- ,,; . -< , (b)the mcnibers of th3 tarwad lwve been receiving ., . , .'. m$intena11,cd f t ~ ~th;n prOP ;'ties pW"'tin$ '0 be . ' i ' sthan?.m pro~rties"S of right, or in pursuance of a custcm or otherwise, 01- - - 'Z - i T~~~~words weresubsiitu!cd for the word "Madras" k the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as ammdd by ,,, TamilNaduAdaptationofLalis(Sewildblendment) Ord@f, 1969. I 3 ~~r st~tementof Objects and Aeasons see Fort St. George Q~iefte, pa*-~-A,datedthe 10th A u a ~1955.f Pa* 17" 576 1955 :T. N. Act XXXII] Ma~umakkuttccya~~ (Retfiovcdo f Doubrs)
   • (c) There had at anytime been a v;tcancycaused by there being no male member of the tarwad eligi succeed to the sthanam, 4 shall L. -I-emf:d to b: and shall be dkemed alwaysto b v e 'den a Marumakhtaycim tal-wad and thc properties appxtaining to such s stbnam shall be tl~cmedto bc and shall be deernect alwaysto hsve b<:eilproperties belon- lnaginganilto th.:Nadult::~waC.Maru.nakkattcyan1to which thz provisionsAct, 1912 (l["g'amilof thc Nau] Aci XXll of 1933), shall ;!pply. BxplanationlAll words anc! expressions uszd in this ' Act.shqll b2er thc: same m-aning as in the l[T2mil N ~ d u] Marum4ck?ttepm Act, 1932 Cpfirnil ~ ; l d u lA CX X I ~~ af1933). 4 . $ * C . 1 . . i .. 8 . , C' -- - ,.-- , . . 'ThesewordsWeres?lbstitutedfor the word ggMa&asw* byye T-Tamila=&Nadu -4&3.&-"Adap:alion3'53 sfhqs::;kw&Order.t=>:.;: 5%sa.&--+2. t:.&g.2$r ~ a*yS,hr%~ ~