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The Mappilla Wills Act, 1928

The Mappilla Wills Act, 1928

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The Mappilla Wills Act, 1928, regulates how Mappilla Muslims in the region make wills and dispose of their property after death. It applies specifically to Mappillas governed by traditional matrilineal inheritance systems, namely the Marumakkattayam or Aliyasantana laws, regarding property that would otherwise fall under the Mappilla Succession Act of 1918. This legislation is important because it establishes that testamentary dispositions made by these individuals must be governed by Islamic legal principles, known as Muhammadan Law, rather than the Malabar Wills Act of 1898. By doing so, it ensures legal clarity and aligns property succession by will with Muslim personal law for this community.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title
  3. 2. Extent and application
  4. 3. Testamentary dispositions by Mappillas to be governed by Muhammadan Law

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