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Bombay Act No. XIX of 1947. The Bombay Hindu Women’s Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land) Act, 1947.

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Maharashtra
Document type
Legislation
Date
1947 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to repeal the Bombay Hindu Women’s Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land) Act, 1942, and to re-enact section 2 thereof.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Gender Inheritance Governance Land tenure Agricultural land Access right
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Act repeals the Bombay Hindu Women’s Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land) Act, 1942, and re-enacts section 2 thereof. The term "Property" in the Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 (Bom. XVIII of 1937), and the Hindu Women's Rights to Property (Amendment) Act, 1938 (XI of 1938), as in force in the Province of Bombay, shall include, and shall be deemed always to have included, agricultural land: Provided that nothing in this Act shall affect any rule of succession prescribed for tenants' rights in agricultural land by any special law for the time being in force.

Full text
English
Website
lj.maharashtra.gov.in