#THE HINDU GAINS OF LEARNING ACT, 1930 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and extent. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Gains of learning not to be held, not to be separate property of acquirer merely for certain 
  reasons. 
4. Savings. 



#THE HINDU GAINS OF LEARNING ACT, 1930 

##ACT NO. 30 OF 1930

[25th July, 1930.] 

An Act to remove doubt as to the rights of a member of a Hindu undivided 
  family in property acquired by him by means of his learning. 

  WHEREAS  it  is  expedient  to  remove  doubt,  and  to  provide  an  uniform  rule,  as  to  the 
rights of a  member of a Hindu undivided family in property acquired  by him  by  means of 
his learning; It is hereby enacted as follows: — 

1. **Short title and extent.** —(1) This  Act  may  be  called  the  Hindu  Gains  of  Learning 
Act, 1930. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir[^1]. 

2. **Definitions.**—In  this  Act,  unless  there  is  anything  repugnant  in  the  subject  or 
context,— 

  (a) “acquirer”  means  a  member  of  a  Hindu  undivided  family,  who  acquires  gains  of 
learning; 

  (b) “gains  of  learning”  means  all  acquisitions  of  property  made  substantially  by 
means  of learning,  whether  such  acquisitions  be  made  before  or  after the 
commencement of this Act and whether such acquisitions be the ordinary or the 
extraordinary result of such learning; and 

  (c) “learning”  means  education,  whether  elementary,  technical,  scientific,  special  or 
general,  and  training  of  every  kind  which  is  usually  intended  to  enable  a  person  to 
pursue any trade, industry, profession of avocation in life. 

3. **Gains  of  learning  not  to  be  held,  not  to  be  separate  property  of  acquirer  merely 
for certain reasons.**—Notwithstanding  any custom,  rule or  interpretation  of the  Hindu Law, 
no  gains  of  learning  shall  be  held  not  to  be  the  exclusive  and  separate  property  of  the 
acquirer merely by reason of— 

  (a) his  learning  having  been;  in  whole  or  in  part,  imparted  to  him  by  any  member, 
living or deceased, of his family, or with the aid of the joint fun ds of his family, or with 
the aid of the funds of any member thereof, or 

  (b) himself or his family having, while he was acquiring his learning, been maintained 
or  supported,  wholly  or  in  part,  by  the  joint  funds  of  his  family,  or  by  the  funds  of  any 
member thereof. 

4. **Savings.**—This Act shall not be deemed in any way to affect — 

  (a) the terms or incidents of any transfer of property made or effected before the 
commencement of this Act, 

  (b) the  validity,  invalidity,  effect  or consequences  of  anything  already  suffered or  done  before 
the commencement of this Act, 

  (c) any  right  or  liability  created  under  a  partition,  or  an  agreement  for  a  partition, 
of joint family property made before the commencement of this Act, or 

  (d) any remedy or proceeding in respect of  such right or liability; or to render invalid or 
in  any  way  affect  anything  done  before  the  commencement  of  this  Act  in  any  proceeding 
pending in a Court at such commencement; and any such remedy and any such proceeding as 
is  herein  referred  to  may  be  enforced,  instituted  or  continued,  as  the  case  may  be,  as  if  this 
Act had not been passed.



[^1]. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory 
of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 