The ASSAM HINDU WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO PROPERTY (EXTENSION TO AGRICULTURAL LAND) ACT, 1943.
#### THE ASSAM HL!'1DU WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO

PROPERTY (EXTENSION TO AGRICUL-
TURAL LAND) ACT, 1943.

[Pass ed by the Assam L egis lature.]

(RecelVed the assent of the Governor on the 7th December 1943

(Published in the _Assam_ _Ga<.tlte oi the 15th December l913.J_

_An Act to_ _extend the_ _operation_ _q(_ _the_ _Hindu_ H 'omen'1

_Rights_ _to_ _Property_ _Act, 1937, and_ _the_ _Hindu Women',_
_Riglttr to_ _Property_ _(Amendment)_ _Act, 1938, to Agricultural_

_land in the_ _Province_ _of Assam._

WHFI{EAS the Hindu Women's Rights to Property

Act, 1937, and the Hindu Women's Rights to Proper-
ty (Amendment) Act, 1938, purport to give better
rights to women in respect of property in gene1al ;
And whereas transactions have already taken place
in the Province on the basis that women had acquired

betttr rights under the said Acts in respect or agricul-

tural land as well as other kind~ of property ;

And whereas it has now been established that

the said Ac-ts do not operate to giw them better
rights in respect of agricultural land ;

_Price_ _1 onn_ _or_ _1 d_


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tions as well as to give women in future those better
rights and for other purposes, it is expedient to extend
the operation of the said Acts to agricultural land
with retrospective effect, but with certain savings ;

#### It is hereby enacted as follows:-

Short title, 1.(1) This Act may be called the Assam Hindu

e~tent and
commence- Women's Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultu-

ment. ral Land) Act, 1943.

(2) It extends to the Province of Assam.
(3) It shall come into force at once.

" Proper- 2. The term" property" in the Hindu Women's Acu XVIII

1y " to i":- Rights to Property Act, 1937, and the Hindu Women's ofl937aod

cl~de tgn- Rights to Property {Amendment) Act, 1938, as in XI of 1938.

~ant~.ra force in the Province of Assam, shall include, and
shall be deemed always to have included, agricultural
land:
Provided that where any person who, but for
this Act, would have been entitled to any property
has been in possession or has made a transf~r thereof,

his possession till the commencement of this Act shall
be deemed to be as lawful, and the transfer made by

him shall be deemed to be as valid, as if this Act had
not been passed.

A.G . .P. (L.C.) No.l03-750-16-2-1944.


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