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 THE CUTCHI MEMONS ACT, 1938  
 
 
              
 
 
 
 
                                                         CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and commencement 
2.  Cutchi Memons to be governed in certain matters by Muslim Law 
3.  Savings 
4.  [Repeal] 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE CUTCHI MEMONS ACT, 1938 
 
 
ACT NO. X OF 1938 
[8th April, 1938] 
 
An Act to provide that all Cutchi Memons shall be governed in matters of succession and 
inheritance by the 1[Muslim] Law. 
 
WHEREAS it is expedient that all Cutchi Memons be gover ned in matters o f succession and 
inheritance by the 1[Muslim] Law;  
 
It is hereby enacted as follows:— 
 
1. Short title and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Cutchi Memons Act, 
1938. 
 
(2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 1938. 
 
2. Cutchi Memons to be governed in certain matters by 1[Muslim] Law.—Subject to the 
provisions of section 3, all Cutchi Mem ons shall, in matters of succession and inheritance, be 
governed by the 1[Muslim] Law. 
 
3. Saving.—Nothing in this Act shall affect any right or l iability 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 enfor ced as if this Act had not been 
passed. 
 
4. 2[Repeal.]  
 
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Date: 01-08-2024 
 
1Subs. by Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975, (P. O. 4 of 1975) Art 2 and Table. 
2Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1942 (XXV of 1942), s.2 and First Schedule.