CUTCHI
MEMONS ACT, 1938
Preamble 1 - CUTCHI MEMONS ACT, 1938
THE CUTCHI MEMONS ACT, 1938
[Act No. 10 of 1938]
[AS ON 1995]
[08th April, 1938]
PREAMBLE
An Act to
provide that all CutchiMemons shall be governed in matters of succession and
inheritance by the Muhammad an Law.
WHEREAS it is expedient
that all CutchiMemons be governed in matters of succession and
inheritance by the Muhammad an Law; It is hereby enacted as follows :-
Section 1 - Short title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the CutchiMemons Act, 1938.
(2)
It shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 1938,
Section 2 - CutchiMemons to be governed in certain matters by Muhammadan Law
Subject to the provisions
of section 3, all CutchiMemons shall, in matters of succession and inheritance,
be governed by the Muhammad an Law.
Section 3 - Savings
Nothing in this Act shall
affect any right or liability acquired or incurred before its commencement. or
any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right or liability; and
any such legal proceeding or remedy may be continued or enforced as if this Act
had not been passed.
Section 4 - [Repeal]
Rep, by the Repealing and
Amending Act, 1942 (25 of 1942), Section 2 and Schedule I.