State Act

The Assam Evacuee Property Act, 1951

This Act was repealed on 7 February 2023 by the Assam Evacuee Property (Repealing) Act, 2022 (Assam Act 71 of 2023), s.2(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

19. Power of evacuee to dispose of property.—(1) An evacuee, whose property has vested in the Committee, may, if he has an absolute transferably right therein according to the law in force for the time being, at any time dispose of such property by sale, exchange, gift or otherwise but not by way of lease or by unsufructuary mortgage. (2) Upon such disposition as aforesaid, the evacuee shall intimate the Committee thereof and the Committee shall as soon as may be, cause a public notice to be given in the prescribed manner. (3) A disposition as aforesaid shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 5 and sub-section (3) of section 22, take effect on and from the date of the publication of the notice referred to in sub-section (2) and on and from that date the evacuee property shall cease to vest in the Committee and the Committee shall be absolved from all further responsibility in respect thereof.