The Oudh Estates Act, 1869

Section 33. Awards as to compensation and maintenance

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

33. Awards as to compensation and maintenance .—And whereas bodies of Taluqdárs have in several cases made awards respecting the provision to be made for certain relatives of Taluqdárs, and it is expedient to render such awards legally enforceable; it is hereby further enacted that every such award shall, if approved by the Financial Commissioner of Oudh and filed in his Court within six months after the passing of this Act, he enforceable as if a Court of competent jurisdiction had passed judgment according to the award and a decree had followed upon such judgment. SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEDULE. ( See section 3 . ) I. From C. BEADON, ESQ., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, to C.J. WINGFIELD, ESQ., Chief Commissioner of Oudh, (No. 6268, dated 10[th] October 1859.) No. 1091, dated the 4th June. No. 1377, dated the 15th July .—I AM directed by the Governor General in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your Secretary's letters noted in the margin, relative to the Taluqdárí settlement of Oudh.

Source: India Code