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(1) This Act may be called the Mappilla Succession Act, 1918. (2) It extends to the whole of the [State of Tamil Nadu]. (3) It applies to Mappillas domiciled in the [State of Tamil Nadu] who are governed by the Marumakkattayam or the Aliyasantana Law of Inheritance, and also, in respect of immovable property situated within the [State of Tamil Nadu], to Mappillas domiciled outside the [said State] who are so governed.