THE MURSHIDABAD ESTATE ADMINISTRATION ACT, 1933
An Act to provide for the appointment of a Manager on behalf of the Secretary of State of the
properties of the Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad and to define the powers and duties of the
Manager.
WHEREAS the Murshidabad Act, 1891 (15 of 1891), confirming and giving effect to an
Indenture between the Secretary of State and the Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad amir-ulOmrah, provides that in case the said Nawab Bahadur or any of his lineal heirs male
successors to the titles shall contravene any of the terms of the said Indenture or shall disab le
himself from duly maintaining the dignity of his position and station it shall be lawful for the
Secretary of State for the time being to enter into and upon the immovable properties
mentioned in the Indenture and to exercise certain powers therein spec ified in the manner
therein set forth;
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[AND WHEREAS by virtue of section 177 of the Government of India Act, 1935 (26 Geo. 5, e. 2.), the
said indenture is, as from the commencement3
of Part III of that Act, to have effect as if it had been made
on behalf of the Province of Bengal and references therein to the Secretary of State in Council are to be
construed accordingly;]
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[AND WHEREAS by virtue of paragraph (2) of Article 8 of the Indian Independence (Rights, Property
and Liabilities) Order, 1947, the said indenture is, as from the date of establishment of the Dominion of
India, to have effect as if it had been made on behalf of the Province of West Bengal, and all rights and
liabilities which have accrued and may accrue under the said indenture, to the extent to which they would
have been rights or liabilities of the Province of Bengal, are the rights and liabilities of the Province of
West Bengal.]
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make further provision for the due exercise of 5
[the said] powers by
the 6
[State Government of 7
[West Bengal]] by the appointment of a Manager who shall on bahalf of the
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[State Government of 7
[West Bengal]] exercise the powers aforesaid, and by defining the duties and
powers of such Manager, and the manner in which the rents, issues and profits of the immovable
properties of the estate and the monthly sum of Rs. 19,166-10-8 payable from the Government treasury at
Berhampore in the district of Murshidabad in 7
[West Bengal] shall be applied;
1. The following enactments, in so far as they do not relate to the descent of the title of Nawab Bahadur or to the
sum of rupees two lakhs and thirty thousand payable to the Nawab Bahadur from the revenues of the
Government in pursuance of the Indenture included in, and confirmed by, the Moorshedabad Act, 1891 (15 of
1891) or to the payment thereof to the Nawab Bahadur in accordance with the provisions of the said Ind enture
by equal monthly instalments of rupees nineteen thousand one hundred and sixty-six and ten annas and eight
pies, are hereby repealed, namely:—
(1) The Murshedabad Act, 1891 (XV of 1891).
(2) The Murshidabad Estate Administration Act, 1933 (23 of 1933).
(3) The Murshidabad. Act, 1946. (Ben. Act XV of 1946).
(4) The Murshidabad Estate Administration (Amendment) Act, 1959 (West Ben. Act XX of 1959) Rep. by West Bengal
Act 2 of 1963, s. 10 (w.e.f. 1-5-1963).
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1937.
3. I.e., the 1st April, 1937.
4. Ins. by the A.O. 1948.
5. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “these”.
6. Subs., ibid., for “Secretary of State”.
7. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for “Bengal”.
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AND WHEREAS it is further expedient to afford to the Nawab Bahadur protection against the
disabilities to which he is exposed by reason of his embarrassed circumstances and to prevent further
increase in his debts and to provide means for such repayments to his creditors as are compatible with the
payment to the Nawab Bahadur of a sum sufficient for the maintenance of his position and dignity;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
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