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