Oudh Estates Act, 1869

The Oudh Estates Act, 1869

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Act ID:	186901
Act Number:	01
Enactment Date:	1869-01-12
Act Year:	1869
Short Title:	The Oudh Estates Act, 1869
Long Title:	An Act to define the rights of Taluqdárs and others in certain estates in Oudh, and to regulate the succession thereto.
Ministry:	Ministry of Home Affairs
Department:	Department of States


Schedule 1. SCHEDULE I Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 2. SCHEDULE II Order Appendix Forms

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Section 1. Short title.
Section 2. Interpretation - clause.
Section 3. Taluqdars to have heritable and transferable rights in their estates.
Section 4. Rights and liabilities of persons named in second schedule.
Section 5. Grantees' rights and liabilities.
Section 6. Saving of certain redemption-suits.
Section 7. Heirlooms.
Section 8. Preparation of lists of Taluqdars and Grantees.
Section 9. Publication of lists.
Section 10. None but persons named in lists to be deemed Taluqdars or Grantees.
Section 11. Taluqdars and Grantees may transfer and bequeath.
Section 12. Rule against perpetuity.
Section 13. Restriction as to donees and legatees.
Section 14. Transfers and bequests to Taluqdars or heirs.
Section 15. Transfers and bequests to persons out of line of seccession.
Section 16. Transfers to be in writing, signed and attested.
Section 17. Further requisites to validity of gifts inter vivos.
Section 18. Gifts to religious or charitable uses.
Section 19. Sections of Succession Act applied to wills of Taluqdars.
Section 20. Bequests to religious and charitable uses.
Section 21. 'Son,' 'descendants,' 'daughter,' 'brother,' 'widow,' defined.
Section 22. Special rules of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees.
Section 23. General rule of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees.
Section 24. Maintenance of surviving relatives of Taluqdars and Grantees.
Section 25. Grandparents, parents, and senior widows. Junior widows.
Section 26. Brothers and minor sons.
Section 27. Unmarried daughters, widows of sons and brothers and inferior widows.
Section 28. Continuance of annuities.
Section 29. Muhammadan Taluqdars and Grantees empowered to adopt.
Section 30. Alteration of rules of intestate succession in cases of Taluqdárs and Grantees named in list 3 or list 5.
Section 31. Reverter to ordinary law of succession.
Section 32. Saving of rights of creditors.
Section 33. Awards as to compensation and maintenance.


Schedule 1. SCHEDULE I Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 2. SCHEDULE II Order Appendix Forms

Schedule 1. SCHEDULE I

Schedule 2. SCHEDULE II