Bangladesh-Legal-Acts-Dataset / acts /act-print-178.json
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{
"act_title": "The Cutchi Memons Act, 1938",
"act_no": "X",
"act_year": "1938",
"publication_date": "19/07/2025",
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{
"section_content": "1. (1) This Act may be called theCutchi Memons Act, 1938.(2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 1938."
},
{
"section_content": "2. Subject to the provisions of section 3, all Cutchi Memons shall, in matters of succession and inheritance, be governed by the2[Muslim] Law."
},
{
"section_content": "3. Nothing in this Act shall affect any right or liability acquired or incurred before its commencement, or any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right or liability; and any such legal proceeding or remedy may be continued or enforced as if this Act had not been passed."
}
],
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{
"footnote_text": "1The word “Muslim” was substituted for the word “Muhammadan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
},
{
"footnote_text": "2The word “Muslim” was substituted for the word “Muhammadan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
}
],
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"copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs DivisionMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs"
},
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