For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George — TAMIL NADU ACT NO. iX OF 1949.2

2. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George Gazette, dated the 9t h Decm~beer 1947, Part IV-A, Page 592. Pudukkottai by il NdMd y st schedule to, the .l.arnil Nadu Merged 4 .. -- r . to the merged . State . of r f 4 .. edu -r , . , , h * This Act was extended to the -h the -dlt merged *. d me *. State .ta.- l - of s 4 seotion 3 of, and the Fir S(TAWS) At1949) States (TAWS) , Act, 1949) Tamil Naau ~ct nnnv or J my). y follows :-\ h *. me; 6. . +- ...* 6. - +-*- -- me; .- + - -- . .2. The Malabar Marriage Act, 1896, in so fcr as it adras has ,nnt b:en a1rer.d.y repee:Ied, find section 6 oft he Jaina SiAt1928thblld ,y p, Succession Act, 1928, ctre hereby lepealed. dnitiow. In this Act, unlzss there is anything repugnant (a) c6Aliyav.nf ana" meails i he system of inheritance hih di ilid () yy in which descent is fraccd in thc fcm~.le line, but does not incluie tth sysiern of inheribncc known as the Marumak&Y.taya.rn : (b) (i) "kw:r!u" used in rcldon to R fcmalc, mefins r he graup 3f pe:.sons colisisting oft h2.t terngale, her children ihli gp pg g and a11 her de~cend~nnts in 1 he female line ; (ii) "k~vdru", used in relation to a male, means the ;lQ.ivd.ru of tbc: inother of that male ; (c) c6kutumbP means the group of per scns forming filih iiilif h gp pg s joint family with coininuility of ptopert y gove~ ned by the liLihli jy y pp Aliyr.santana Law of inhelitance. ; (d), "maj ~r" means s persoil who h9.s completed the f lh' j age of elgh'een years ; (e) minor" mcans n pcsscln who has not comcleted f ih p

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