The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1949

This Act may be called the Muslim Personal Law Short title. (Shariat) Application ([Tamil Nadu] Amendment) Act 1949.

The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) [Application] Act, 1937 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall, in its application to the [State of Tamil Nadu], be amended in the manner hereinafter provided.

For section 2 of the said Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely :— "[2] Notwithstanding any custom or usage to the contrary, in all questions regarding intestate succession, special property of females, including personal property inherited or obtained under contract or gift or any other provision of personal law, marriage, dissolution of marriage, including Tallaq, Ila, Zihar, Lian, Khula and Mubaraat, maintenance, dower, guardianship, gifts, trusts and trust properties and wakfs the rule of decision in cases where the parties are Muslims shall be the Muslim Per- sonal Law (Shariat)."