The Oudh Settled Estates Act, 1917

Preamble

THE OUDH SETTLED ESTATES ACT, 1917¹

(U. P. Act No. V of 1917)

Adapted and modified by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.

[Received the assent of the Lieutenant Governor on the 30th May, 1917, and of the Governor-General on the 23rd July, 1917, and was ²published under section 81 of the Government of India Act, 1915, on the 11th August, 1917 ].

WHEREAS It is expedient to consolidate and amend the law for making better provision for the preservation of the estates of the taluqdars of Oudh and certain other persons ;

It is hereby enacted as follows :

Sections

Type to filter. 25 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent
2. 2Interpretation clause, Act I of 1869, U. P. Act III of 1910, Act IX of 1972
3. 3Application for permission to settle property. ,Act I of 1869
4. 4Rejection of application
5. 5Issue of notice
6. 6Grant or refusal of permission
7. 7Application for permission to add to the settled estate
8. 8Application for permission to revoke a declaration
9. 9Form contents and publication of permission
10. 10Execution of declaration
11. 11Procedure
12. 12Power to make certain declarations irrevocable
13. 13Duties of registering officer and Collector
14. 14State Government empowered to exclude settled estate from the operation of the Act
15. 15Dealings with settled estate to the prejudice of successors prohibited
16. 16Transfer of settled estate for a public purpose. , U. P. Act 11 of 1901 Act XXII of 1886
17. 17Agricultural leases or settled estates. ,U. P. Act II of 1901 Act XXII of 1886
18. 18Other leases of settled estate
19. 19Appeals to the Commissioner
20. 20Anticipation of rents
21. 21Jurisdiction of courts barred in certain matters
22. 22Devolution and bequest of settled estates. ,Act I of 1869 ,Act I of 1869,Act I of 1869
23. 23Saving clause,Act I of 1869,Act XXII of 1886, Act I of 1890
24. 24Power to make rules. ,Act I of 1869
25. 25Repeal