Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) A proprietor may apply to the Government to have his property placed under the superintendence of the Court, and the Government may, on being satisfied that it is expedient in the public interest that such property should be managed by the court, and that the said property is of such value that its economic management by the court is practicable, make a declaration to that effect and order the court to assume the superintendence of such property. (2) In the case of any undivided Hindu family, Marumakkathayam tarwad, Aliyasantana family or Nambudiri family, an application signed by a majority of the coparceners or a majority of the members of such tarwad or family, as the case may be, shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1), be deemed to be an application by a proprietor in respect of the whole of the property of the family or tarwad. Explanation.-- Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent any coparcener or member of such tarwad or family not signing such application from obtaining partition of his share, whether by suit or otherwise.