(ABOLITION) ACT

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2 · Definition—In thrs Act, "Jomt Hindu Fanuly" means any Hmdu family w1th commumty 01 property and 111clude=.——

3 · Birth in family not to give rise to rights in property.— On and after the commencement oi th1s Act, no right to clann any interest 1n any property of an ancestor durmg his or her l1fet1me Wthh lS founded on the mere fact that the clalmant was born 1n the family of the ancestor shall be recogmsed 1n any court.

4 · Joint tenancy to be replaced by tenancy in common—(1) All members of an und1v1ded Hindu Family governed by the M1takshara law holding any coparcenary property on the day th1s Act comes 1n't0 force shall, With effect from that day, be deemed to hold 1t as tenants—in—common as If a partition had taken place among all the members of that undiVIded Hlndu family as respects such property and as if each one of them L) holding his or her share separately as lull owner thereof

5 · Rule of prous obhgahon of Hindu son abrogated.— (1) After the commencement of thrs Act, no court shall, save as provrded m sub-sectron (2), recognlse any rrght to proceed agamst a son, grandson or great-grandson for the recovery of any debt due from hls father, grandfather or great-grandfather or any ahenatlon of property 1n respect of or In satlsfaction of any such debt on the ground of the prous obhgatmn under the Hrndu law, of the son, grandson or great-grandson to drscharge any such debt.

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