(Tamil NIclu Aot 39 of 1961). — (TAMIL NADU) ACT No. I OF 18912

1961 (Tamil NIclu Aot 39 of 1961). . "Publio." "Publio "ie&noe.'' %e&md" ''Sign.' ' "Son" and 'rather." sub-eection." "publio " inoludes any oh of the publio or any commu~ty : I I "public nuisance" shall have the meaning assigned to that expression in section 268 of the Indian Penal Code : Central Act XLV of 1880. l[(28) "registered,," used with refemnw to a document, shall mean registered in a@dia] under the law for the time being in force for the registration of documents :] "sign," with it8 grammatical variatione and cognate expressions, shall, with reference to a person who is unable to write his name, include "mark" with its grammatical variations and oognate expressions : in the oase of any one whose perwml law permits adoption, "son" shall inolude an adopted son, and "father" an adoptive father : usub-seotion" shall mean a sub-seotion of the section in which the word ooours : 3[(31a) "Tamil Nadu Aot" shall mean rtn Aot made by the Governor of Fort St. George in Council under the Indian Clounoils Aots, 1861 to 1909 or any of those Aots, or the Government of India Aot, 1916, or by tho Looal Legislature or the Governor of the Presidency of Madras under the Government of India Act or by the Provin~ial Legislature of Madras under the Government of India Aot, 1935, or by the Legislature of the State of Madras or Tamil Nadu under the Constitution ;]

Section 1961