Act IX of 1949 An Act to define and amend in certain respects the law relating to marriage, maintenance, guardianship, intestate succession, family management and partition applicable to persons governed by the Aliyasantana law of inheritance. Preamble.- Whereas it is expedient to define and amend in certain respects the law relating to marriage, maintenance, guardianship, intestate succession, family management and partition applicable to persons governed by the Aliyasantana Law of inheritance; it is hereby enacted as follows:-

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S.1 Short title, application and commencement

S.2 Repeal of Madras Acts IV of 1896 and III of 1929

S.3 Definitions

S.4 Marriage valid under the Act

S.5 Marriage during continuance of prior marriage void

S.6 Dissolution of marriage

S.7 Rights of children of marriage, etc. not affected by dissolution of marriage

S.8 Petition for dissolution

S.9 Notice of petition

S.10 Order of dissolution of marriage

S.11 Application of Civil Procedure Code to petitions

S.12 Bar of suits for restitution of conjugal rights

S.13 Maintenance of wife and minor children

S.14 Guardianship of minor wife and children

S.15 Mother to be guardian of minor children if father is dead or marriage is dissolved

S.16 Saving

S.17 Property as to which a person is deemed to die intestate

S.18 Devolution of property left by Aliyasantana male intestate

S.19 Devolution where intestate has left lineal descendants

S.20 Rules of distribution in such cases

S.21 Devolution where intestate has left no lineal descendant but has left his mother

S.22 Devolution where intestate has left only mother's kavaru or widow or both

S.23 Devolution where intestate has left only father or maternal grandmother's kavaru or both

S.24 Devolution in other cases

S.25 Devolution of property left by Aliyasantana female intestate

S.26 Devolution of property left by non-Aliyasantana male intestate

S.27 Possession and management of property until division is effected

S.28 Yajaman to keep accounts and yallow inspection etc.

S.¹[29 Validity of sales mortgages with Possession and leases

S.30 Validity of mortgages without possession and debts

S.31 Maintenance of members of kutumba

S.32 Right to remove yajaman by suit

S.33 Relinquishment of right of management by yajaman

S.34 Application of Chapter to Kavarus

S.35 Right of kavaru to claim partition

S.36 Ascertainment of shares at partition

S.37 Application of chapter of kavarus

S.38 Rules

S.39 Saving