THE CASTE DISABILITIES REMOVAL ACT, 1850 ^1*

ACT NO. 21 OF 1850

[11th April, 1850.]

 An Act for extending the principle of section 9, Regulation VII, 1832, of the Bengal Code throughout ^2*[India].

      Preamble.--WHEREAS it is enacted  by section  9, Regulation VII, 1832 (Ben.  Reg. VII of 1832), of   the  Bengal Code, 3*that "whenever  in any civil suit  the parties  to such  suit  may  be  of  different persuasions, when one party shall be of the Hindu and the other of the Muhammadan persuasion, or where one or more of the parties to the suit shall not be either of the Muhammadan or Hindu persuasions the laws of those religions  shall not  be permitted  to operate  to deprive  such party or parties of any property to which,

1.   Short title  given by  the Indian  Short Titles  Act, 1897 (14 of

      1897).

           This Act  has been  extend to  Berar by  the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4  of 1941) and has been declared to be in force in all the Provinces of  India, except  the Scheduled Districts, by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (5 of 1874), s. 3.

           It has been declared to be in force in the Sonthal Parganas by the  Sonathal Pargnas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872), s. 3.

           The Act has been extended to and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2  and Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) and  to the  Union territory  of Pondicherry  by Act  26 of 1968, s. 3 and Sch.

           It has  been declared, by notification under s. 3 (a) of the Scheduled Districts  Act, 1874 (14of 1874), to be in force in the following Scheduled Districts, namely:-

      West Jalpaiguri .    .     .See Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p.74.

      The Districts of Hazaribagh, Lohardaga (now the Ranchi District, see Calcutta Gazette, 1899, Pt. I, p. 44), and Man-bhum, and Pargana Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singhbhum                                                                                 Ditto        1881, Pt. I, p. 504.

      The Scheduled portion of the Mirzapur District                    Ditto        1879, Pt. I, p. 383.

      Jaunsar Bawar                                                                    Ditto        1879, Pt. I, p. 382.

      The District of Lahaul                                                          Ditto        1886, Pt. I, p. 301.

      The Scheduled Districts the C.P.                             Ditto        1879, Pt. I, p. 771.

      The Scheduled Districts in Ganjam and Vizagapatam           Ditto        1898, Pt. I, p. 870.

      Coorg                                                                                Ditto        1879, Pt. I, p. 747.

      Assam (except  the North Lushai Hills)                                Ditto        1897, Pt. I, p. 299.

      The Porahat Estate in the Singhbhum District                       Ditto        1897, Pt. I, p. 1059.

      It has  been extended  by notification  by  s.  5  of  the  last- mentioned Act, to the following Scheduled Districts, namely:-

      Kumaon and Garhwal . See Gazette of India,    1876, Pt. I, p.606.

      The Tarai of the Province of Agra  Ditto     1876, Pt. I, p. 505.

      It has also been extended to the New Provinces and Merged States, see Act 59 of 1949.

 2.   Subs. by  Act 3  of 1951,  s. 3  and Sch.,  for "the  territories subject to the Government of the East India Company".

 3.   Rep. by  the Bengal Civil Courts Act, 1871 (6 of 1871), which was rep. by  the Bengal,  North-Western  Provinces  and  Assam  Civil Courts Act, 1887 (12 of 1887).

 but for  the operation  of such  laws, they would have been entitled"; and whereas  it will  be beneficial  to extend  the principle  of that enactment throughout 1*[India]; It is enacted as follows:--

 1. Law or  usage which  inflicts forfeiture  of, or  affects,  rights  on change of

 religion or loss of caste to cease to be enforced.

      1. Law  or usage which inflicts forfeiture of, or affects, rights on change  of religion  or loss  of caste to cease to be enforced.--So much of  any law or usage now in force within ^1*[India]   as  inflicts on any  person forfeiture of rights or property, or may be held in any way to  impair or affect any right of inheritance, by reason of his or her renouncing,  or having  been excluded  from the  communion of, any religion, or  being deprived  of caste,  shall cease to be enforced as law ^2*[in any Court].

 2. Short title and extent.

      ^3*[2. Short  title  and  extent.--(1) This Act] may be called the Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850.

      (2) It  extends to  the whole  of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.]

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 1.   Subs. by  Act 3  of 1951,  s. 3  and Sch.,  for "the  territories subject to the Government of the East India Company".

 2.   Subs. by  s. 3  and Sch.,  ibid., for  "in the Courts of the East India Company,  and in  the Courts  established by  Royal Charter within the said territories".

 3.   Added by s. 3 and Sch., ibid.

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