Act 1 of 1869

The Oudh Estates Act, 1869

An Act to define the rights of Taluqdárs and others in certain estates in Oudh, and to regulate the succession thereto.

  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
  • Enacted 1869-01-12
  • 33 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title.Read
2 Interpretation - clause.Read
3 Taluqdars to have heritable and transferable rights in their estates.Read
4 Rights and liabilities of persons named in second schedule.Read
5 Grantees' rights and liabilities.Read
6 Saving of certain redemption-suits.Read
7 Heirlooms.Read
8 Preparation of lists of Taluqdars and Grantees.Read
9 Publication of lists.Read
10 None but persons named in lists to be deemed Taluqdars or Grantees.Read
11 Taluqdars and Grantees may transfer and bequeath.Read
12 Rule against perpetuity.Read
13 Restriction as to donees and legatees.Read
14 Transfers and bequests to Taluqdars or heirs.Read
15 Transfers and bequests to persons out of line of seccession.Read
16 Transfers to be in writing, signed and attested.Read
17 Further requisites to validity of gifts inter vivos.Read
18 Gifts to religious or charitable uses.Read
19 Sections of Succession Act applied to wills of Taluqdars.Read
20 Bequests to religious and charitable uses.Read
21 'Son,' 'descendants,' 'daughter,' 'brother,' 'widow,' defined.Read
22 Special rules of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees.Read
23 General rule of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees.Read
24 Maintenance of surviving relatives of Taluqdars and Grantees.Read
25 Grandparents, parents, and senior widows. Junior widows.Read
26 Brothers and minor sons.Read
27 Unmarried daughters, widows of sons and brothers and inferior widows.Read
28 Continuance of annuities.Read
29 Muhammadan Taluqdars and Grantees empowered to adopt.Read
30 Alteration of rules of intestate succession in cases of Taluqdárs and Grantees named in list 3 or list 5.Read
31 Reverter to ordinary law of succession.Read
32 Saving of rights of creditors.Read
33 Awards as to compensation and maintenance.Read
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