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Section 12

Hereditary Rights of Sir Holder's Heir on Whom Proprietary Rights Do Not Devolve

The Uttar Pradesh Tenancy Act 1939
(1)If on the death of sir-holder the proprietary right in his sir does not devolve according to the personal law' to which the deceased was subject, every person on whom no such right devolves but on whom no such right would have devolved in accordance with that law, shall become a hereditary tenant of so much of such sir as corresponds with the share in such right as would have devolved on him according to that law.

(2) When proprietary right in sir devolves on a person on whom it would have devolved under the personal law to which the deceased was subject and hereditary rights accrue in favour of other persons under the provisions of sub-section (1), the Assistant Collector in-charge of the sub-division shall demarcate and divide off the area in which hereditary rights accrue and shall, in accordance with rules made by the Board, determine the rent payable for such area.

Explanation - In this section and in Section 9 the expression personal law in the case of Muslims shall mean the Muslim law, of inheritance.




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