Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
8. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 12, it shall be lawful for any person for the time being entitled to and in possession of a settled estate, and being a male and competent to contract, to apply to the 1 [State Government] for permission to revoke wholly or in part any declaration that property shall be held subject to the provisions of this Act. (2) The 1 [State Government], after considering the application and the result of any inquiry made by it or under its orders, and any further particulars or information called for by it, may 2 [ * * * ] either grant or refuse permission, or grant permission in respect of a portion only of the property to which the application relates.