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THE VALIAMMA THAMPURAN KOVILAKAM ESTATE

AND THE PALACE FUND (PARTITION) AND THE
KERALA JOINT HINDU FAMILY SYSTEM
(ABOLITION)
AMENDMENT ACT, 1978

(Act .15 of 1978)

CONTENTS
Preamble.

Sectzons.

Show title.
Amendment of section 2.
Substitution ofncw section for section 3.

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Omission of sections 4- and 5.
Amendment of section 6.
Amendment of section 8.
Substitution of new section for section 11.
Amendment of Act 30 of 1976
Repeal and saving.

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'1 1115 VALIAIVIMA THAMPURAN IsovtLAKAM ESTATE
AND THE PALAGL‘ FUND(PART1TION) AND THE
KERALA JOINT HINDU FA1\'IlLY SYSTEM

(ABOLITION)

AMENDIMENT ACT, 1978*

(Act 15 of 1978)

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All Act to amend the Valmmma T/zampuran Kovzlakam Esla/e and the Palace Fund
(Pattztz'on) Art, 1961 and the Kerala Joznl Hmdu Famzly System

(Abolzlzmt) Act, 1975.

Preamble —-—WHI:REAS
it is expedient to amend the Valiamma
Thamput an Kovilakam Estate and the Palace Fund (Partition) Act, 1961
and the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act 1973, for the
purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Twenty-ninth Yeat 0f the Republic'oflndia as
follows:—
1. Short Mia—This Act may be called the Valiamma Thampuran
Kovilaltam Estate and the Palace Fund (Partition) and the Kerala Joint
Hindu Family System (Abolition) Amendment Act,~1978.
2.Amendment of seetzon 2.—In seetion 2 of the Valiamma Thampuran
Kovilakam Estate and the Palace Fund (Partition) Act, 1961 (16 of 1961)
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—
(a) for clause (c), the following clause shall be, and shall be deemed
to been, substituted With effect
have on and from the 28th day of December,
1971, namely:—
“(c) ‘family’the Marumaltkathayam joint lamily consisting
means

of the four main thavazhies of the Ruler ofthe former State of Cochin within
the meaning of clause (22) of article 366 of the Constitution of India;”;

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(b) in clause ((1), the words “ofthe Allaharaja of Cochin” shall be,
and shall be deemed to have been, omitted with effect on and from the 28th
day of December, 1971.
3. Substztulzon of new 56611011 for seetzon 3.—For section 3 of the prir cipal
Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely.—
v1 “3. Partzlton of the Estate and Ilze Palace thd.—(l) The scniormost
male member of the family shall, within sixty days from the date of Commence-
ment of the Valiamma Thampuran Kovilakam Estate and the Palace Fund

*Rcceived the assent of the President on the 18th

day 01 March 1978
andE'publiIhed in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 194 dated
l9th‘March, 1978.

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(Partition) and the Kemla joint Hindu lt‘amtly System (Abolition) Amend-
ment Ordinance, 1978, thCC‘t’the Board' to clTeCt p.trttti0n ol‘ the Estate and
the Palace Fund among all the members entitled to a share of the Estate and
the Palace Fund under secucm 4 of the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System
(Abolition) Act, 1975 (30 of 1976,, and such direction shall be published by
the Board in the Gazette.

(2) Ifthe semormost male member fails to direct the Board as required
by subsection (1), the Board shall, on the expiry of the period specified m
that subsection, proceed to effect the Partition of the Estate and the Palace
Fund among the members referred to in subsection (1), and the partition so
efiected shall be valid notwithstan :ling anything contained in section 17 of
I] e Pretldntatton.”.
4. Omisszon qf rectzotzs 4 and 5.—-Sections4and 5 of the principal Act “l
shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, omitted with effect on and ft om
the 1st day of December, 1976
5. Amendment of section 6.—In section 6 of the principal Act, for the
words “Maharaja of Cochin”, the words “semormOSt male member” shall
be, and shall be deemed to have been, subsutuntcd with effect on and from
the 28th day of December, 1971. \

6. Amendment
of scatter: 8.—In section 8 of the principal Act,—
(a) in the marginal note, the Words “of the Mahar tja” shall be, and
shall be deemed to have been, omitted With effect on and from the 28th day
of December, 1971 ;

(b) for the words “Maharaja of C0chin”, the Words “former Ruler
of Cochin” shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, subsituted with
e {feet on and from the 28th
day of December, 1971 ;
(C). the words “and subsisting at the tune of the partition” shall
be inserted at the end.

7. Substztulzon of new rat-lion 11.—For section 11 of the principal

xeclzon for
Act, the following section shall be, andI shall be deemed to have been, sub-
stituted thh afiect on and from the 28th day of December, 1971, namely:—
“11. Amendment of Proclamalwtz.—-In the Proclamation (IX of 1124)
dated the 29th June, 1949, promulgated by the Maharaja of Cochin,—

(i) in section 2, the word “and” at the end of. clause (1)) shall be
omitted and, after that clause, the following clause sh’lll be inserted,
namely:—
“(bb) ‘famtly’ means the Marumakkathayam joint family Consisting
of the four main thavazhics of the Ruler of the former State of Cochin within
the meaning of clause (22) 0f article 366 of the Constitution of India;”;

(ii) for the words “Our family”, wherever they occur, the words
“the family” shall be substituted ;
ii") for the word “Us”, wherever it occurs, the words “the senior-
most male member of the family” shall be substituted ;

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(iv)in section 12, fox the words “Our previous 5.1m [1011”, the words
“the prevxous sanction oi the scntounost male member ol the hourly” shall
be substituted ;

(v) m sections 17 and 20, for the words “Our appmval", the words
“the approval of the seniormost male member of the family”, shall be
substituted ,

(v1) m sccuon 22, the words “the estate and the Palace Fund shall
be impartible and” shall be omitted ,

(Vii) section 21 shall be omitted.”

8. Ammdmenl of ALI 30 of 1976.—-In the Kcralajomt Hindu Family
System (Abolition) Aet, 1975 (30 of 1976), after section 7, the following
section shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, inserted,
namelvz—
“8 Proclamalmn IX 1124 and Act 16 of 19:51 10 continue inforceu—
of
Notwithstanding anything contamed in this Act or in any other law for the
time being in force, Proclamation (IX of l 124) dated the 29th june, 1949,
romulgated by the Maharaia of Cochin, as amended by the Valiamma
Il‘hampuran KovilaLam Estate and the Palace Fund (Partition) and the
Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Amendment Act, 1978, and
the Valiamma Thampuran Kovilakam Estate and the Palace Fund (Parti-
tion) Act, 1961 (15 of 1961), as amended by the said Act, shall continue to
be in force and shall apply to the Valiamma Thampuran Kovnlakam Estate
and the Palace Fund administer ed by the Board of Trustees appomt (1 under
secuon 3 of the said Proclamation ”.

9 Repeal and Mung—(1) The Valiamma Thampuran Kovilakam Estate

and the Palace Fund (Partition) and the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System
(Abolition) Amendment Ordinance, 1978 (l of 1978), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken
under the prmc1pal or the Proclamation (IX of 1124) dated
Act the 29th
June. 1949, pron ulgated by the Mahaiaja of Cochin or the Kerala Joint
Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 (30 of 1976), as amended bythe
said Ordinance.shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the princi-
pal Act or the said Proclamation or Act, as the case may be, as amended by
this ACt as if this Act had come into fmCe on the 6th day of January, 1978.