Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984
Made 1984 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- Jersey
- Subjects
- Land and soil
- Keywords
- traditional rights/customary rights, inheritance, contracts
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CUSTOMARY LAW AMENDMENT (NO. 2) (JERSEY) LAW 1984 Revised Edition 15.200 Showing the law as at 31 August 2004 This is a revised edition of the law Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984 Arrangement Revised Edition – 31 August 2004 Page - 3 15.200 CUSTOMARY LAW AMENDMENT (NO. 2) (JERSEY) LAW 1984 Arrangement Article 1 Contract of deceased person ............................................................................ 5 2 Citation, saving ............................................................................................... 5 Supporting Documents ENDNOTES 6 Table of Legislation History ........................................................................................... 6 Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984 Article 1 Revised Edition – 31 August 2004 Page - 5 15.200 CUSTOMARY LAW AMENDMENT (No. 2) (JERSEY) LAW 1984 A LAW to abolish any rule of customary law providing for the annulment of contracts for the transfer of immovable property on the death of the transferor within 40 days of the passing of the contract Commencement [see endnotes] 1 Contract of deceased person Any rule of customary law, that a contract passed before the Royal Court for the transfer of immovable property may be annulled, at the instance of the heirs or devisees, as the case may be, of the transferor, if he or she dies within 40 days of the passing of the contract, is abolished. 2 Citation, saving (1) This Law may be cited as the Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984. (2) Nothing in this Law shall be held to prejudice any right of action arising before the coming into force of this Law. Endnotes Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984 Page - 6 Revised Edition – 31 August 2004 15.200 ENDNOTES Table of Legislation History Legislation Year and No Commencement Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984 L.17/1984 17 August 1984