Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit Act, 1893

Year: 1893

Enactment Date: 1893-03-09

Long Title: An Act for settling Bonds of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Bombay producing an annual income of one lakh and twenty five thousand rupees and a Mansion-house and hereditaments called Petit Hall in the Island of Bombay, the property of Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, Baronet, so as to accompany and support the title and dignity of a Baronet lately conferred by Her Present Majesty Queen Victoria on him for and during the term of his natural life, and from and immediately after his decease to hold to his second son, Framjee Dinshaw Petit, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue with remainder to the heirs male of the body of the said Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, and for other purposes connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 10: Limitation of transfers to life of transferor.
    Save as regards the ultimate remainders or reversions, hereinbefore limited in trust for the said Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns respectively, so long as the said title and dignity of Baronet shall endure, and until there shall be a failure of heirs male of the body of the said Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, to whom the said title and dignity of Baronet might descend pursuant to the limitations of the Patent whereby the said dignity was granted, neither the said Sir Djnshaw Manockjee Petit nor the said Ftamjee Dinshaw Petit nor any of the heirs male of their respective bodies in whose favour trusts are hereinbefore declared of the dividends, interest and annual income of the said bonds, stocks, funds and securities or of the said Mansionhouse and hereditaments called Petit Hall, shall transfer, dispose of, alien, convey, charge or encumber the said bonds, stocks, funds and securities, or any part thereof, or the dividends, interest and annual income thereof, or of any part thereof, or the said Mansion-house or hereditaments, or any part thereof, for any greater or larger estate, interest or time than during his natural life, and for such portion thereof only as he shall continue to use the names of Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, nor shall any such person as aforesaid either alone or jointly with any other or others of them or with any other person or persons whomsoever have any power to discontinue or bar the estates tail hereinbefore limited in trust for the heirs male of the respective bodies of the said Framjee Dinshaw Petit and Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, or either of them, or any estate or interest hereby or herein created or declared in trust or for the benefit of any person or persons for whose benefit trusts are declared by this Act of the dividends, interest and annual income of the said bonds, stocks, funds and securities, or of the said Mansion-house, hereditaments and the rents and profits thereof, or to prevent any such person or persons from succeeding to, holding or enjoying, receiving or taking the same premises according to the true intent of the provisions herein. before contained, nor shall the same premises or any of them be held by any Court of law or equity to have vested in any such person as aforesaid for any greater estate or interest than during his life, and only during such portion thereof as he shall continue to use the names of Dinsbaw Manockjee Petit, and every attempt to male any conveyance, assignment or assurance contrary to the intention of this Act shall be, and is hereby, declared and enacted to be void
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