Chapter 212
In short
This law extends the rules for disentailing (freeing up) property to include property held in fief. It makes sure that the existing law on disentailment also applies to these specific types of property.
What it regulates
- The application of the Entailed Property (Disentailment) Act to property held in fief.
- How references to the "material date" in the original Act should be interpreted for fiefs.
- That titles of nobility are not affected by this law.
Who it concerns
- Owners of property held in fief.
- Individuals or entities involved in the disentailment of property.
Key points
- The Entailed Property (Disentailment) Act now applies to all property held in fief.
- For property held in fief, the "material date" mentioned in the original Act will be understood as the date this Act came into force (21st November, 1969).
- This Act does not change any laws or rights related to titles of nobility.
Legal text
Legal text
DISENTAILMENT OF PROPERTY (EXTENSION TO FIEFS) CHAPTER 212 DISENTAILMENT OF PROPERTY (EXTENSION TO FIEFS) ACT To extend the provisions of the Entailed Property (Disentailment) Act, to property held in fief. (21st November, 1969)* Enacted by ACT XXX of
- l. This Act may be cited as the Disentailment of Property (Extension to fiefs) Act. Short title.
- With effect from the coming into force of this Act, the Entailed Property (Disentailment) Act, shall apply to all property held in fief as it applies to property subject to fideicommissum with such modifications and adaptations as the case may require, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, with the modification that references in that Act to the material date shall, in respect of property held in fief, be construed as references to the date of the coming into force of this Act. Application of the Entailed Property (Disentailment) Act, to property held in fief.
- Nothing in this Act shall affect any title of nobility, and the laws in force concerning any such titles shall continue to have effect. Act not to affect titles of nobility. *See Government Notice No. 964 of 21st November, 1969.