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  "text": "Page 1 of 2 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE HINDU DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT, 1916 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1.  Short title and extent \r\n2.  Disposition for the benefit of persons not in existence \r\n3.  Limitations and conditions \r\n4.  [Failure of prior disposition] \r\n5.  Application of this Act to the Khoja community \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 2 \r\n \r\nTHE HINDU DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT, 1916 \r\n1(Act No. XV of 1916) \r\n[28th September, 1916] \r\nAn Act to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of disposition of property by \r\nHindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such disposition. \r\n WHEREAS it is expedient to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of \r\ndisposition of property by Hindus for the benefit or persons not in existence at the date of such \r\ndisposition; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:- \r\n 1. Short title and extent.___ (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property \r\nAct, 1916. \r\n 2[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan] \r\n 2. Disposition for the benefit of persons not in existence. Subject to the limitations and \r\nprovisions specified in this Act, no disposition of property by a Hindu, whether by transfer inter \r\nvivos or by will, shall be invalid by reason only that any person for whose benefit it may have been \r\nmade was not in existence at the date of such disposition. \r\n 3. Limitations and conditions. The limitations and provisions referred to in section 2 shall \r\nbe the following, namely: - \r\n(a)  in respect of dispositions by transfer inter vivos, those contained in 3[Chapter \r\nII] of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (IV of 1882) and \r\n(b)  in respect of dispositions by will, those contained in 4[sections 113, 114, 115 \r\nand 116 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX of 1925).] \r\n 4. [Failure of prior disposition]. Rep. By the Transfer of Property (Amdt.) Supplementary \r\nAct, 1929 (XXI of 1929), s. 12. \r\n 5. Application of this Act to the Khoja community. Where the 5[Provincial Government] is \r\nof opinion that the Khoja community in 6[the Province] or any part thereof desire that the provisions \r\nof this Act should be extended to such community, 7[it] may by notification in the 8[Official \r\nGazette], declare that the provisions of this Act, with the substitutions of the word \"Khojas\" or \r\n\"Khoja\", as the case may be, for the word \"Hindus\" or \"Hindu\" wherever those words occur, shall \r\napply to that community in such area as may be specified in the notification, and this Act shall \r\nthereupon have effect accordingly. \r\nDate: 16-09-2024 \r\n1For Statement of Objects, and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1916, Pt. V, p. 2 ; for Report of Select Committee,  see ibid., 1916, Pt. V, p 76 ; and for \r\nProceedings in Council, see ibid., 1916, Pt. VI, pp. 19, 509, 542 and 585. \r\n2Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for the original \r\nsub-section (2) as amended by A. O., 1937 and A. O., 1949, Sch. \r\n3Subs. by the Transfer of Property (Amdt.) Supplementary Act, 1929 (21 of 1929), s. 12, for \"sections 13, 14 and 20\" \r\n4Subs. ibid., for \"sections 100 and 101 of the Indian Succession Act, 1865\". \r\n5Subs. by A. O., 1937, for \"G. G. in C.\" \r\n6Subs. ibid., for \"British India\". \r\n7subs. ibid., for \"he\" \r\n8Subs. ibid., for \"Gazette of India\".",
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