Section 4: Procedure for transfer of certain deposits

4. Procedure for transfer of certain deposits. ___ (1) Where a Civil or Revenue court or a Court of Wards or a Manager is satisfied___ 1Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P. O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Sch. (a) in the case of a Civil or Revenue court other than a Civil court exercising jurisdiction under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (VIII of 1890), or Manager that no party interested in a deposit is a Muslim ; (b) in the case of a Civil court exercising jurisdiction under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (VIII of 1890), that neither the guardian nor the minor interested in a deposit is a Muslim; (c) in the case of a Court of Wards having under its superintendence or custody a deposit, that the ward is not a Muslim ; the Civil or Revenue court or the Court of Wards or the Manager, as the case may be, shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, transfer the deposit, along with the records relating thereto, to such authorised officer or authority in India as the 1[Federal Government] may by general or special order specify in this behalf: Provided that where in the opinion of the Civil or Revenue court or the Court of Wards or the Manager, as the case may be, any of the persons interested in a deposit is not an evacuee, the deposit shall not be transferred to India. (2) Every Civil or Revenue court and every Court of Wards or Manager shall, as soon as may be, send to the Custodian in such form as may be prescribed, particulars of all deposits transferred to India under sub-section (1).

Effective date: 1956-01-01

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