The Panjab Laws Act, 1872

This Act may be called “The Panjab Laws Act, 1872.

It extends to the territories 1which immediately before the 1stNovember, 1956, were comprised in the States of Panjab and Delhi, but not so as to alter the effect of anyregulations made for any parts of the said territories under the 2Statute 33 Vict, Section 1; And it shall come into force on the first day of June, 1872.

The Regulations, Acts and orders specified in the First Schedule heretoannexed are in force in the 1territories to which this Act extends to the extent specified in the third column of the said Schedule.

[Repealed by the Second Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (17 of1914), Section 3 and Schedule II.]

1[5. Decisions in certain cases to be according to Native law.---In questions regarding succession,special property of females, betrothal, marriage, divorce, dower, adoption, guardianship, minority, bastardy,family relations, wills, legacies, gifts, partitions, or any religious usage or institution,the rule of decision shall be--- (1) any custom applicable to the parties concerned, which is not contrary to justice, equity or goodconscience, and has not been by this or any other enactment altered or abolished and has not beendeclared to be void by any competent authority; (2) the Muhammadan law, in cases where the parties are Muhammadans, and the Hindu law, in caseswhere the parties are Hindus, except in so far as such law has been altered or abolished by legislativeenactment, or is opposed to the provisions of this Act, or has been modified by any such custom as isabove referred to].