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Succession Act, 1925

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Preamble1 - Succession Act, 1925
Section1 - SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Indian Succession Act, 1925
Section2 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
Section3 - POWER OF STATE GOVERNMENT TO EXEMPT ANY RACE, SECT OR TRIBE IN THE STATE FROM OPERATION OF ACT
Part02 - OF DOMICILE
Section4 - APPLICATION OF PART This Part shall not apply if the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina
Section5 - LAW REGULATING SUCCESSION TO DECEASED PERSON'S IMMOVABLE AND MOVABLE PROPERTY, RESPECTIVELY
Section6 - ONE DOMICILE ONLY AFFECTS SUCCESSION TO MOVABLES A person can have only one domicile for the purpose of the succession
Section7 - DOMICILE OF ORIGIN OF PERSON OF LEGITIMATE BIRTH The domicile of origin of every person of legitimate birth is in the
Section8 - DOMICILE OF ORIGIN OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILD The domicile of origin of an illegitimate child is in the country in which, at
Section9 - CONTINUANCE OF DOMICILE OF ORIGIN The domicile of origin prevails until a new domicile has been acquired
Section10 - ACQUISITION OF NEW DOMICILE A man acquires a new domicile by taking up his fixed habitation in a country which is not
Section11 - SPECIAL MODE OF ACQUIRING DOMICILE IN INDIA Any person may acquire a domicile in India by making and depositing in some
Section12 - DOMICILE NOT ACQUIRED BY RESIDENCE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, OR AS PART OF HIS FAMILY A person who is
Section13 - CONTINUANCE OF NEW DOMICILE A new domicile continues until the former domicile has been resumed or another has been
Section14 - MINOR'S DOMICILE The domicile of a minor follows the domicile of the parent from whom he derived his domicile of
Section15 - DOMICILE ACQUIRED BY WOMAN ON MARRIAGE By marriage a woman acquires the domicile of her husband, if she had nut the
Section16 - WIFE'S DOMICILE DURING MARRIAGE A wife's domicile during her marriage follows the domicile of her hus- band
Section17 - MINOR'S ACQUISITION OF NEW DOMICILE Save as hereinbefore otherwise provided in this Part, a person cannot, during
Section18 - LUNATIC'S ACQUISITION OF NEW DOMICILE An insane person cannot acquire a new domicile in any other way than by his
Section19 - SUCCESSION TO MOVABLE PROPERTY IN INDIA IN ABSENCE OF PROOF OF DOMICILE ELSEWHERE If a person dies leaving movable
Part03 - MARRIAGE
Section20 - INTERESTS AND POWERS NOT ACQUIRED NOR LOST BY MARRIAGE
Section21 - EFFECT OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN PERSON DOMICILED AND ONE NOT DOMICILED IN INDIA If a person whose domicile is not in India
Section22 - SETTLEMENT OF MINOR'S PROPERTY IN CONTEMPLATION OF MARRIAGE
Part04 - OF CONSANGUINITY
Section23 - APPLICATION OF PART Nothing in this Part shall apply to any will made or intestacy occurring before the first day of
Section24 - KINDRED OR CONSANGUINITY Kindred or consanguinity is the connection or relation of persons descended from the same
Chapter1 - LINEAL CONSANGUINITY
Chapter2 - COLLATERAL CONSANGUINITY
Section27 - PERSONS HELD FOR PURPOSE OF SUCCESSION TO BE SIMILARLY RELATED TO DECEASED For the purpose of succession, there is no
Section28 - MODE OF COMPUTING OF DEGREES OF KINDRED Degrees of kindred arc computed in the manner set forth in the table of kindred
Part5 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY
Chapter3 - APPLICATION OF PART
Section30 - AS TO WHAT PROPERTY DECEASED CONSIDERED TO HAVE DIED INTESTATE A person is deemed to die intestate in respect of all
Section31 - CHAPTER NOT TO APPLY TO PARSIS Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to Parsis
Section32 - DEVOLUTION OF SUCH PROPERTY The property of an intestate devolves upon the wife or husband, or upon those who are of
Section33 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT WIDOW AND LINEAL DESCENDANTS, OR WIDOW AND KINDRED ONLY, OR WIDOW AND NO KINDRED Where the
Section33A - SPECIAL PROVISION WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT WIDOW AND NO LINEAL DESCENDANTS
Section34 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT NO WIDOW, AND WHERE HE HAS LEFT NO KINDRED Where the intestate has left no widow, his property
Section35 - RIGHTS OF WIDOWER A husband surviving his wife has the same rights in respect of her property, if she dies intestate as
Section36 - RULES OF DISTRIBUTION The rules for the distribution of the intestate's property
Section37 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT CHILD OR CHILDREN ONLY Where the intestate has left surviving him a child or children, but no
Section38 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT NO CHILD, BUT GRANDCHILD OR GRANDCHILDREN Where the intestate has not left surviving him any
Section39 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT ONLY GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OR REMOTER LINEAL DESCENDANTS In like manner the property shall go to
Section40 - WHERE INTESTATE LEAVES LINEAL DESCENDANTS NOT ALL IN SAME DEGREE OF KINDRED TO HIM, AND THOSE THROUGH WHOM THE MORE
Section41 - RULES OF DISTRIBUTION WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT NO LINEAL DESCENDANTS Where an intestate has left no lineal descendants,
Section42 - WHERE INTESTATE'S FATHER LIVING If the intestate's father is living, he shall succeed to the property
Section43 - WHERE INTESTATE'S FATHER DEAD, BUT HIS MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS LIVING If the intestate's father is dead, but the
Section44 - WHERE INTESTATE'S FATHER DEAD AND HIS MOTHER, A BROTHER OR SISTER, AND CHILDREN OF ANY DECEASED BROTHER OR SISTER,
Section45 - WHERE INTESTATE'S FATHER DEAD AND HIS MOTHER AND CHILDREN OF ANY DECEASED BROTHER OR SISTER LIVING If the intestate's
Section46 - WHERE INTESTATE'S FATHER DEAD, BUT HIS MOTHER LIVING AND NO BROTHER, SISTER, NEPHEW OR NIECE If the intestate's father
Section47 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT NEITHER LINEAL DESCENDANT, NOR FATHER, NOR MOTHER Where the intestate has left neither lineal
Section48 - WHERE INTESTATE HAS LEFT NEITHER LINEAL DESCENDANT, NOR PARENT, NOR BROTHER, NOR SISTER Where the intestate has left
Section49 - CHILDREN'S ADVANCEMENTS NOT BROUGHT INTO HOTCHPOT Where a distributive share in the property of a person who has died
Section50 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES RELATING TO INTESTATE SUCCESSION For the purpose of intestate succession among Parsis
Section51 - DIVISION OF INTESTATE'S PROPERTY AMONG WIDOW, WIDOWER, CHILDREN AND PARENTS
Section53 - DIVISION OF SHARE OF PREDECEASED CHILD OF INTESTATE LEAVING LINEAL DESCENDANTS In all cases where a Parsi dies leaving
Section54 - DIVISION OF PROPERTY WHERE INTESTATE LEAVES NO LINEAL DESCENDANT BUT LEAVES A WIDOW OR WIDOWER OR A WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF
Section55 - DIVISION OF PROPERTY WHERE INTESTATE LEAVES NEITHER LINEAL DESCENDANTS NOR A WIDOW OR WIDOWER NOR A WIDOW OF ANY LINEAL
Section56 - DIVISION OF PROPERTY WHERE THERE IS NO RELATIVE ENTITLED TO SUCCEED UNDER THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER Where
Part06 - : TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTORY
Section57 - APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PART TO A CLASS OF WILLS MADE BY HINDUS, ETC The provisions of this Part which are
Section58 - PROVIDED THAT MARRIAGE SHALL NOT REVOKE ANY SUCH WILL OR CODICIL. GENERAL APPLICATION OF PART
Chapter02 - : OF WILLS AND CODICILS
Section59 - PERSON CAPABLE OF MAKING WILLS Every person of sound mind not being a minor may dispose of his property by will
Section60 - TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN A father, whatever his age may be may by will appoint a guardian or guardians for his child
Section61 - WILL OBTAINED BY FRAUD, COERCION OR IMPORTUNITY A will or any part of a will, the making of which has been caused by
Section62 - WILL MAY BE REVOKED OR ALTERED A will is liable to be revoked or altered by the maker of it at any time when he is
Section63 - EXECUTION OF UNPRIVILEGED WILLS Every testator, not being a soldier employed in an expedition or engaged in actual
Section64 - INCORPORATION OF PAPERS BY REFERENCE If a testator, in a will or codicil duly attested, refers to any other document
Section65 - PRIVILEGED WILLS Any soldier being employed in an expedition or engaged in actual warfare, or an airman so employed or
Section66 - MODE OF MAKING, AND RULES FOR EXECUTING, PRIVILEGED WILLS
Chapter05 - : OF THE ATTESTATION, REVOCATION, ALTERATION AND REVIVAL OF WILLS
Section67 - EFFECT OF GIFT TO ATTESTING WITNESS A will shall not be deemed to be insufficiently attested by reason of any benefit
Section68 - WITNESS NOT DISQUALIFIED BY INTEREST OR BY BEING EXECUTOR. No person, by reason of interest in, or of his being an
Section69 - REVOCATION OF WILL BY TESTATOR'S MARRIAGE Every will shall be revoked by the marriage of the maker, except a will made
Section70 - REVOCATION OF UNPRIVILEGED WILL OR CODICIL No unprivileged will or codicil, nor any part thereof, shall be revoked
Section71 - EFFECT OF OBLITERATION, INTERLINEATION OR ALTERATION IN UNPRIVILEGED WILL No obliteration, interlineations or other
Section72 - REVOCATION OF PRIVILEGED WILL OR CODICIL A privileged will or codicil may be revoked by the testator by an un
Chapter4 - REVIVAL OF UNPRIVILEGED WILL
Section74 - WORDING OF WILL It is not necessary that any technical words or terms of art be used in a will, but only that the
Section75 - INQUIRIES TO DETERMINE QUESTIONS AS TO OBJECT OR SUBJECT OF WILL For the purpose of determining questions as to what
Chapter5 - MISNOMER OR MISS DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT
Section77 - WHEN WORDS MAY BE SUPPLIED Where any word material to the full expression of the meaning has been omitted, it may be
Section78 - REJECTION OF ERRONEOUS PARTICULARS IN DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT If the thing which the testator intended to bequeath can
Section80 - EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE ADMISSIBLE IN CASES OF PATENT AMBIGUITY Where the words of a will are unambiguous, but it is found
Section81 - EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE INADMISSIBLE IN CASE OF PATENT AMBIGUITY OR DEFICIENCY Where there is an ambiguity or deficiency on
Section82 - MEANING OF CLAUSE TO BE COLLECTED FROM ENTIRE WILL The meaning of any clause in a will is to be collected from the
Section83 - WHEN WORDS MAY BE UNDERSTOOD IN RESTRICTED SENSE, AND WHEN IN SENSE WIDER THAN USUAL General words may be understood in
Section84 - WHICH OF TWO POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTIONS PREFERRED Where a clause is susceptible of two meanings according to one of which
Section85 - NO PART REJECTED, IF CAN BE IT REASONABLY CONSTRUED No part of a will shall be rejected as destitute of meaning if it
Section86 - INTERPRETATION OF WORDS REPEATED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WILL If the same words occur in different parts of the same
Section87 - TESTATOR'S INTENTION TO BE EFFECTUATED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE The intention of the testator shall not be set aside because
Section88 - THE LAST OF TWO INCONSISTENT CLAUSES PREVAILS Where two clauses of gifts in a will are irreconcilable, so that they
Section89 - WILL OR BEQUEST VOID FOR UNCERTAINTY A will or bequest not expressive of any definite intention is void for uncertainty
Section90 - WORDS DESCRIBING SUBJECT REFER TO PROPERTY ANSWERING DESCRIPTION AT TESTATOR'S DEATH The description contained in a
Section91 - POWER OF APPOINTMENT EXECUTED BY GENERAL BEQUEST Unless a contrary intention appears by the will, a bequest of the
Section92 - IMPLIED GIFT TO OBJECTS OF POWER IN DEFAULT OF APPOINTMENT Where property is bequeathed to or for the benefit of
Section94 - BEQUEST TO "REPRESENTATIVES", ETC., OF PARTICULAR PERSON Where a bequest is made to the "representatives" or "legal
Section95 - BEQUEST WITHOUT WORDS OF LIMITATION Where property is bequeathed to any person, he is entitled to the whole interest of
Section96 - BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person
Section97 - EFFECT OF WORDS DESCRIBING A CLASS ADDED TO BEQUEST TO PERSON Where property is bequeathed to a person, and words are
Section98 - BEQUEST TO CLASS OF PERSONS UNDER GENERAL DESCRIPTION ONLY Where a bequest is made to a class of persons under a
Section99 - CONSTRUCTION OF TERMS In a will
Section100 - WORDS EXPRESSING RELATIONSHIP DENOTE ONLY LEGITIMATE RELATIVES OR FAILING SUCH RELATIVES REPUTED LEGITIMATE In the
Section101 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION WHERE WILL PURPORTS TO MAKE TWO BEQUESTS TO SAME PERSON Where a will purports to make two
Section102 - CONSTITUTION OF RESIDUARY LEGATEE A residuary legatee may be constituted by any words that show an intention on the
Section103 - PROPERTY TO WHICH RESIDUARY LEGATEE ENTITLED Under a residuary bequest, the legatee is entitled to all property
Section104 - TIME OF VESTING LEGACY IN GENERAL TERMS If a legacy is given in general terms, without specifying the time when it is
Chapter6 - IN WHAT CASE LEGACY LAPSES
Section106 - LEGACY DOES NOT LAPSE IF ONE OF TWO JOINT LEGATEES DIE BEFORE TESTATOR If a legacy is given to two persons jointly, and
Section107 - TESTATOR, THE OTHER LEGATEE TAKES THE WHOLE If a legacy is given to legatees in words which show that the testator
Section108 - WHEN LAPSED SHARE GOES AS UNDISPOSED OF Where a share which lapses is a part of the general residue bequeathed by the
Section109 - WHEN BEQUEST TO TESTATOR'S CHILD OR LINEAL DESCENDANT DOES NOT LAPSE ON HIS DEATH IN TESTATOR'S LIFETIME Where a
Section110 - BEQUEST TO A FOR BENEFIT OF B DOES NOT LAPSE BY A'S DEATH Where a bequest is made to one person for the benefit of
Section111 - SURVIVORSHIP IN CASE OF BEQUEST TO DESCRIBED CLASS Where a bequest is made simply to a described class of persons, the
Chapter7 - OF VOID BEQUESTS
Section112 - BEQUEST TO PERSON BY PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION, WHO IS NOT IN EXISTENCE AT TESTATOR'S DEATH Where a bequest is made to a
Section113 - BEQUEST TO PERSON NOT IN EXISTENCE AT TESTATOR'S DEATH SUBJECT TO PRIOR BEQUEST Where a bequest is made to a person not
Section114 - RULE AGAINST PERPETUITY No bequest is valid whereby the vesting of the thing bequeathed may be delayed beyond the
Section115 - BEQUEST TO A CLASS SOME OF WHOM MAY COME UNDER RULES IN SECTIONS 113 AND 114 If a bequest is made to a class of persons
Section116 - BEQUEST TO TAKE EFFECT ON FAILURE OF PRIOR BEQUEST Where by reason of any of the rules contained in sections 113 and 1
Section118 - BEQUEST TO RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE USES No man having a nephew or niece or any nearer relative shall have power to
Section119 - DATE OF VESTING OF LEGACY WHEN PAYMENT OR POSSESSION POSTPONED Where by the terms of a bequest the legatee is not
Section120 - DATE OF VESTING WHEN LEGACY CONTINGENT UPON SPECIFIED UNCERTAIN EVENT
Section121 - VESTING OF INTEREST IN BEQUEST TO SUCH MEMBERS OF A CLASS AS SHALL HAVE ATTAINED PARTICULAR AGE Where a bequest is made
Chapter9 - ONEROUS BEQUESTS
Section122 - ONEROUS BEQUESTS Where a bequest imposes an obligation on the legatee, he can take nothing by it unless he accepts it
Section123 - ONE OF TWO SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT BEQUESTS TO SAME PERSON MAY BE ACCEPTED AND OTHER REFUSED Where a will contains two
Chapter10 - OF CONTINGENT BEQUESTS
Section124 - BEQUEST CONTINGENT UPON SPECIFIED UNCERTAIN EVENT, NO TIME BEING MENTIONED FOR ITS OCCURRENCE Where a legacy is given
Section125 - BEQUEST TO SUCH OF CERTAIN PERSONS AS SHALL BE SURVIVING AT SOME PERIOD NOT SPECIFIED Where a bequest is made to such
Chapter11 - OF CONDITIONAL BEQUESTS
Section126 - BEQUEST UPON IMPOSSIBLE CONDITION A bequest upon an impossible condition is void
Section127 - BEQUEST UPON ILLEGAL OR IMMORAL CONDITION A bequest upon a condition, the fulfilment of which would be contrary to law
Section128 - FULFILMENT OF CONDITION PRECEDENT TO VESTING OF LEGACY Where a will imposes a condition to be fulfilled before the
Section129 - BEQUEST TO A AND ON FAILURE OF PRIOR BEQUEST TO B Where there is a bequest to one person and a bequest of the same
Section130 - WHEN SECOND BEQUEST NOT TO TAKE EFFECT ON FAILURE OF FIRST Where the will shows an intention that the second bequest
Section131 - BEQUEST OVER, CONDITIONAL UPON HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING OF SPECIFIED UNCERTAIN EVENT
Section132 - CONDITION MUST BE STRICTLY FULFILLED An ulterior bequest of the kind contemplated by section 131 cannot take effect,
Section133 - ORIGINAL BEQUEST NOT AFFECTED BY INVALIDITY OF SECOND If the ulterior bequest be not valid the original bequest is not
Section134 - BEQUEST CONDITIONED THAT IT SHALL CEASE TO HAVE EFFECT IN CASE A SPECIFIED UNCERTAIN EVENT SHALL HAPPEN, OR NOT HAPPEN
Section135 - SUCH CONDITION MUST NOT BE INVALID UNDER SECTION 120 In order that a condition that a bequest shall cease to have
Section136 - RESULT OF LEGATEE RENDERING IMPOSSIBLE OR INDEFINITELY POSTPONING ACT FOR WHICH NO TIME SPECIFIED, AND ON
Section137 - PERFORMANCE OF CONDITION, PRECEDENT OR SUBSEQUENT, WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME FURTHER TIME IN CASE OF FRAUD . Where the will
Chapter12 - OF BEQUESTS WITH DIRECTIONS AS TO APPLICATION OR ENJOYMENT
Section138 - DIRECTION THAT FUND BE EMPLOYED IN PARTICULAR MANNER FOLLOWING ABSOLUTE BEQUEST OF SAME TO OR FOR BENEFIT OF ANY PERSON
Section139 - DIRECTION THAT MODE OF ENJOYMENT OF ABSOLUTE BEQUEST IS TO BE RESTRICTED, TO SECURE SPECIFIED BENEFIT FOR LEGATEE Where
Section140 - BEQUEST OF FUND FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES, SOME OF WHICH CANNOT BE FULFILLED Where a testator does not absolutely bequeath a
Chapter13 - OF BEQUESTS TO AN EXECUTOR Legatee named as executor cannot take unless he shows intention to act as executor.
Section141 - IF A LEGACY IS BEQUEATHED TO A PERSON WHO IS NAMED AN EXECUTOR OF THE WILL He shall not take the legacy, unless he
Chapter14 - OF SPECIFIC LEGACIES Retention, in form, of specific bequest to several persons in succession.
Section142 - SPECIFIC LEGACY DEFINED Where a testator bequeaths to any person a specified part of his property, which is
Section143 - BEQUEST OF CERTAIN SUM WHERE STOCKS, ETC., IN WHICH INVESTED ARE DESCRIBED Where a certain sum is bequeathed, the
Section144 - BEQUEST OF STOCK WHERE TESTATOR HAD, AT DATE OF WILL, EQUAL OR GREATER AMOUNT OF STOCK OF SAME KIND Where a bequest is
Section145 - BEQUEST OF MONEY WHERE NOT PAYABLE UNTIL PART OF TESTATOR'S PROPERTY DISPOSED OF IN CERTAIN WAY A money legacy is not
Section146 - WHEN ENUMERATED ARTICLES NOT DEEMED SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED Where a will contains a bequest of the residue of the
Section147 - WHERE PROPERTY IS SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED TO TWO OR MORE PERSONS IN SUCCESSION Succession, it shall be renamed in the
Section148 - SALE AND INVESTMENT OF PROCEEDS OF PROPERTY BEQUEATHED TO TWO OR MORE PERSONS IN SUCCESSION Where property comprised in
Section149 - WHERE DEFICIENCY OF ASSETS TO PAY LEGACIES, SPECIFIC LEGACY NOT TO ABATE WITH GENERAL LEGACIES If there is a deficiency
Chapter15 - OF DEMONSTRATIVE LEGACIES
Section150 - DEMONSTRATIVE LEGACY DEFINED Where a testator bequeaths a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of any other
Section151 - ORDER OF PAYMENT WHEN LEGACY DIRECTED TO BE PAID OUT OF FUND THE SUBJECT OF SPECIFIC LEGACY Where a portion of a fund
Chapter16 - OF ADEMPTION OF LEGACIES
Section152 - ADEMPTION EXPLAINED If anything which has been specifically bequeathed does not belong to the testator at the time of
Section153 - NON-ADEMPTION OF DEMONSTRATIVE LEGACY A demonstrative legacy is not adeemed by reason that the property on which it is
Section154 - ADEMPTION OF SPECIFIC BEQUEST OF RIGHT TO RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM THIRD PARTY Where the thing specifically bequeathed is
Section155 - ADEMPTION PRO TANTO BY TESTATOR'S RECEIPT OF PART OF ENTIRE THING SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED The receipt by the testator
Section156 - ADEMPTION PRO TAN TO BY TESTATOR'S RECEIPT OF PORTION OF ENTIRE FUND OF WHICH PORTION HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED
Section157 - ORDER OF PAYMENT WHERE PORTION OF FUND SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED TO ONE LEGATEE, AND LEGACY CHARGED ON SAME FUND TO
Section158 - ADEMPTION WHERE STOCK, SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED, DOES NOT EXIST AT TESTATOR'S DEATH Where stock which has been
Section159 - ADEMPTION PRO TANTO WHERE STOCK, SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED EXISTS IN PART ONLY AT TESTATOR'S DEATH Where stock which has
Section160 - NON-ADEMPTION OF SPECIFIC BEQUEST OF GOODS DESCRIBED AS CONNECTED WITH CERTAIN PLACE, BY REASON OF REMOVAL A specific
Section161 - WHEN REMOVAL OF THING BEQUEATHED DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ADEMPTION The removal of the thing bequeathed from the place in
Section162 - WHEN THING BEQUEATHED IS A VALUABLE TO BE RECEIVED BY TESTATOR FROM THIRD PERSON; AND TESTATOR HIMSELF, OR HIS
Section163 - CHANGE BY OPERATION OF LAW OF SUBJECT OF SPECIFIC BEQUEST BETWEEN DATE OF WILL AND TESTATOR'S DEATH Where a thing
Section164 - CHANGE OF SUBJECT WITHOUT TESTATOR'S KNOWLEDGE Where a thing specifically bequeathed undergoes a change between the
Section165 - STOCK SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED LENT TO THIRD PARTY ON CONDITION THAT IT BE REPLACED Where stock which has been
Section166 - STOCK SPECIFICALLY BEQUEATHED SOLD BUT REPLACED, AND BELONGING TO TESTATOR AT HIS DEATH Where stock specifically
Chapter17 - OF THE PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE SUBJECT OF A BEQUEST
Section167 - NON--LIABILITY OF EXECUTOR TO EXONERATE SPECIFIC LEGATEES
Section168 - COMPLETION OF TESTATOR'S TITLE TO THINGS BEQUEATHED TO BE AT COST OF HIS ESTATE Where anything is to be done to
Section169 - EXONERATION OF LEGATEE'S IMMOVABLE PROPERTY FOR WHICH LAND REVENUE OR RENT PAYABLE PERIODICALLY Where there is a
Section170 - EXONERATION OF SPECIFIC LEGATEE'S STOCK IN JOINT-STOCK COMPANY In the absence of any direction in the will, where there
Chapter18 - OF BEQUESTS OF THINGS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL TERMS
Section171 - BEQUEST OF THING DESCRIBED IN GENERAL TERMS If there is a bequest of something described in general terms, the executor
Chapter19 - OF BEQUESTS OF THE INTEREST OR PRODUCE OF A FUND
Section172 - BEQUEST OF INTEREST OR PRODUCE OF FUND Where the interest or produce of a fund is bequeathed to any person and the will
Chapter20 - OF BEQUESTS OF ANNUITIES
Section173 - ANNUITY CREATED BY WILL PAYABLE FOR LIFE ONLY UNLESS CONTRARY INTENTION APPEARS BY WILL Where an annuity is created by
Section174 - PERIOD OF VESTING WHERE WILL DIRECTS THAT ANNUITY BE PROVIDED OUT OF PROCEEDS OF PROPERTY, OR OUT OF PROPERTY
Section175 - ABATEMENT OF ANNUITY Where an annuity is bequeathed, but the assets of the testator are not sufficient to pay all the
Section176 - WHERE GIFT OF ANNUITY AND RESIDUARY GIFT, WHOLE ANNUITY TO BE FIRST SATISFIED Where there is a gift of an annuity and a
Chapter21 - : OF LEGACIES TO CREDITORS AND PORTIONERS
Section177 - CREDITOR PRIMA FADE ENTITLED TO LEGACY AS WELL AS DEBT Where a debtor bequeaths a legacy to his creditor, and it does
Section178 - CHILD PRIMA FADE ENTITLED TO LEGACY AS WELL AS PORTION Where a parent, who is under obligation by contract to provide a
Section179 - NO ADEMPTION BY SUBSEQUENT PROVISION FOR LEGATEE No bequest shall be wholly or partially adeemed by a subsequent
Chapter22 - OF ELECTION
Section180 - CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH ELECTION TAKES PLACE Where a person, by his will, professes to dispose of something which he has
Section181 - DEVOLUTION OF INTEREST RELINQUISHED BY OWNER An interest relinquished in the circumstances stated in section 180 shall
Section182 - TESTATOR'S BELIEF AS TO HIS OWNERSHIP IMMATERIAL The provisions of sections 180 and 181 apply whether the testator does
Section183 - BEQUEST FOR MAN'S BENEFIT HOW REGARDED FOR PURPOSE OF ELECTION A bequest for a person's benefit is, for the purpose of
Section184 - PERSON DERIVING BENEFIT INDIRECTLY NOT PUT TO ELECTION A person taking no benefit directly under a will, but deriving a
Section185 - PERSON TAKING IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY UNDER WILL MAY IN OTHER CHARACTER ELECT TO TAKE IN OPPOSITION A person who in his
Section186 - EXCEPTION TO PROVISIONS OF LAST SIX SECTIONS Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 180 to 185, where a
Section187 - WHEN ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFIT GIVEN BY WILL CONSTITUTES ELECTION TO TAKE UNDER WILL Acceptance of a benefit given by a
Section188 - CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE OR WAIVER IS PRESUMED OR INFERRED
Section189 - WHEN TESTATOR'S REPRESENTATIVES MAY CALL UPON LEGATEE TO ELECT If the legatee does not, within one year after the death
Section190 - POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTION IN CASE OF DISABILITY In case of disability the election shall be postponed until the
Chapter23 - OF GIFTS IN CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH
Section191 - PROPERTY TRANSFERABLE BY GIFT MADE IN CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH
Part7 - PROTECTION OF PROPERTY OF DECEASED
Section192 - PERSON CLAIMING RIGHT BY SUCCESSION TO PROPERTY OF DECEASED MAY APPLY FOR RELIEF AGAINST WRONGFUL POSSESSION
Section193 - INQUIRY MADE BY JUDGE The District Judge to whom such application is made shall, in the first place, examine the
Section194 - PROCEDURE If the District Judge is satisfied that there is sufficient ground for believing as aforesaid but not
Section195 - APPOINTMENT OF CURATOR PENDING DETERMINATION OF PROCEEDING If it further appears upon such inquiry as aforesaid that
Section196 - POWERS CONFERRABLE ON CURATOR The District Judge may authorise the curator to take possession of the property either
Section197 - PROHIBITION OF EXERCISE OF CERTAIN POWERS BY CURATORS
Section198 - CURATOR TO GIVE SECURITY AND MAY RECEIVE REMUNERATION
Section199 - REPORT FROM COLLECTOR WHERE ESTATE INCLUDES REVENUE-PAYING LAND
Section200 - INSTITUTION AND DEFENCE OF SUITS The curator shall be subject to all orders of the District Judge regarding the
Section201 - ALLOWANCES TO APPARENT OWNERS PENDING CUSTODY BY CURATOR Pending the custody of the property by the curator, the
Section202 - ACCOUNTS TO BE FILED BY CURATOR The curator shall file monthly accounts in abstract, and shall, on the expiry of each
Section203 - INSPECTION OF ACCOUNTS AND RIGHT OF INTERESTED PARTY TO KEEP DUPLICATE
Section204 - BAR TO APPOINTMENT OF SECOND CURATOR FOR SAME PROPERTY If the Judge of any district has appointed a curator, in respect
Section205 - LIMITATION OF TIME FOR APPLICATION FOR CURATOR An application under this Part to the District Judge must be made within
Section206 - BAR TO ENFORCEMENT OF PART AGAINST PUBLIC SETTLEMENT OR LEGAL DIRECTIONS BY DECEASED Nothing in this Part shall be
Section207 - COURT OF WARDS TO BE MADE CURATOR IN CASE OF MINORS HAVING PROPERTY SUBJECT TO ITS JURISDICTION Nothing in this Part
Section208 - SAVING OF RIGHT TO BRING SUIT Nothing contained in this Part shall be any impediment to the bringing of a suit either
Section209 - EFFECT OF DECISION OF SUMMARY PROCEEDING The decision of a District Judge in a summary proceeding under this Part shall
Section210 - APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC CURATORS The State Government may appoint public curators for any district or number of
Part8 - REPRESENTATIVE TITLE TO PROPERTY OF DECEASED ON SUCCESSION
Section211 - CHARACTER AND PROPERTY OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR AS SUCH
Section212 - RIGHT TO INTESTATE'S PROPERTY
Section213 - RIGHT AS EXECUTOR OR LEGATEE WHEN ESTABLISHED
Section214 - PROOF OF REPRESENTATIVE TITLE A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO RECOVERY THROUGH THE COURTS OF DEBTS FROM DEBTORS OF DECEASED
Section215 - EFFECT ION CERTIFICATE OF SUBSEQUENT PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Section216 - GRANTEE OF PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION ALONE TO SUE, ETC., UNTIL SAME REVOKED After any grant of probate or letters of
Part9 - PROBATE, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS OF DECEASED
Section217 - APPLICATION OF PART Save as otherwise provided by this Act or by any other law for the time being in force, all grants
Section219 - WHERE DECEASED IS NOT A HINDU, MUHAMMADAN, BUDDHIST, SIKH, JAINA OR EXEMPTED PERSON If the deceased has died intestate
Section220 - EFFECT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Letters of administration entitle the administrator to all rights belonging to the
Section221 - ACTS NOT VALIDATED BY ADMINISTRATION Letters of administration do not render valid any intermediate acts of the
Chapter8 - PROBATE ONLY TO APPOINTED EXECUTOR
Section223 - PERSONS TO WHOM PROBATE CANNOT BE GRANTED Probate cannot be granted to any person who is a minor or is of unsound mind
Section224 - GRANT OF PROBATE TO SEVERAL EXECUTORS SIMULTANEOUSLY OR AT DIFFERENT TIMES When several executors are appointed,
Section225 - SEPARATE PROBATE OF CODICIL DISCOVERED AFTER GRANT OF PROBATE
Section226 - ACCRUAL OF REPRESENTATION TO SURVIVING EXECUTOR When probate has been granted to several executors, and one of them
Section227 - EFFECT OF PROBATE Probate of a will when granted establishes the will from the death of the testator, and renders valid
Section228 - ADMINISTRATION, WITH COPY ANNEXED, OF AUTHENTICATED COPY OF WILL PROVED ABROAD When a will has been proved and
Section229 - GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION WHERE EXECUTOR HAS NOT RENOUNCED When a person appointed an executor has not renounced the
Section230 - FORM AND EFFECT OF RENUNCIATION OF EXECUTORSHIP The renunciation may be made orally in the presence of the Judge, or by
Section231 - PROCEDURE WHERE EXECUTOR RENOUNCES OR FAILS TO ACCEPT WITHIN TIME LIMITED If an executor renounces or fails to accept
Section232 - GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION TO UNIVERSAL OR RESIDUARY LEGATEES When
Section233 - RIGHT TO ADMINISTRATION OF REPRESENTATIVE OF DECEASED RESIDUARY LEGATEE When a residuary legatee who has a beneficial
Section234 - GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION WHERE NO EXECUTOR, NOR RESIDUARY LEGATEE NOR REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH LEGATEE When there is no
Section235 - CITATION BEFORE GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION TO LEGATEE OTHER THAN UNIVERSAL OR RESIDUARY Letters of administration with the
Section236A - LAYING OF RULES BEFORE STATE LEGISLATURE Every rule made by the State Government under section 223 and section 236
Section237 - PROBATE OF COPY OR DRAFT OF LOST WILL When a will has been lost or mislaid since the testator's death, or has been
Section238 - PROBATE OF CONTENTS OF LOST OR DESTROYED WILL When a will has been lost or destroyed and no copy has been made nor the
Section239 - PROBATE OF COPY WHERE ORIGINAL EXISTS When the will is in the possession of a person residing out of the State in which
Section240 - ADMINISTRATION UNTIL WILL PRODUCED Where no will of the deceased is forthcoming, but there is reason to believe that
Section241 - ADMINISTRATION, WITH WILL ANNEXED, TO ATTORNEY OF ABSENT EXECUTOR When any executor is absent from the State in which
Section242 - ADMINISTRATION, WITH WILL ANNEXED, TO ATTORNEY OF ABSENT PERSON WHO. IF PRESENT, WOULD BE ENTITLED TO ADMINISTER When
Section243 - ADMINISTRATION TO ATTORNEY OF ABSENT PERSON ENTITLED TO ADMINISTER IN CASE OF INTESTACY When a person entitled to
Section244 - ADMINISTRATION DURING MINORITY OF SOLE EXECUTOR OR RESIDUARY LEGATEE When a minor is sole executor or sole residuary
Section245 - ADMINISTRATION DURING MINORITY OF SEVERAL EXECUTORS OR RESIDUARY LEGATEES When there are two or more minor executors
Section246 - ADMINISTRATION FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF LUNATIC OR MINOR If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or
Section247 - ADMINISTRATION PENDENTELITE Pending any suit touching the validity of the will of a deceased person or for obtaining or
Section248 - PROBATE LIMITED TO PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN WILL If an executor is appointed for any limited purpose specified in the will,
Section249 - ADMINISTRATION, WITH WILL ANNEXED, LIMITED TO PARTICULAR PURPOSE If an executor appointed generally gives an authority
Section250 - ADMINISTRATION LIMITED TO PROPERTY IN WHICH PERSON HAS BENEFICIAL INTEREST Where a person dies, leaving property of
Section251 - ADMINISTRATION LIMITED TO SUIT When it is necessary that the representative of a person deceased be made a party to a
Section252 - ADMINISTRATION LIMITED TO PURPOSE OF BECOMING PARTY TO SUIT TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST ADMINISTRATOR If, at the expiration
Section253 - ADMINISTRATION LIMITED TO COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF DECEASED'S PROPERTY In any case in which it appears necessary
Section254 - APPOINTMENT, AS ADMINISTRATOR, OF PERSON OTHER THAN ONE WHO IN ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD BE ENTITLED TO
Section255 - PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION, WITH WILL ANNEXED, SUBJECT TO EXCEPTION Whenever the nature of the case requires that an
Section256 - ADMINISTRATION WITH EXCEPTION Whenever the nature of the case requires that an exception be made, letters of
Section257 - PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION OF REST Whenever a grant with exception of probate, or of letters of administration with or
Section258 - GRANT OF EFFECTS UNADMINISTERED If an executor to whom probate has been granted has died, leaving a part of the
Section259 - RULES AS TO GRANTS OF EFFECTS UNADMINISTERED In granting letters of administration of an estate not fully administered,
Section260 - ADMINISTRATION WHEN LIMITED GRANT EXPIRED AND STILL SOME PART OF ESTATE UNADMINISTERED When a limited grant has
Section261 - WHAT ERRORS MAY BE RECTIFIED BY COURT Errors in names and descriptions, or in setting forth the time and place of the
Section262 - PROCEDURE WHERE CODICIL DISCOVERED AFTER GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION WITH WILL ANNEXED If, after the grant of letters of
Section263 - REVOCATION OR ANNULMENT FOR JUST CAUSE The grant of probate or letters of administration may be revoked or annulled for
Section264 - JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT JUDGE IN GRANTING AND REVOKING PROBATES, ETC
Section265 - POWER TO APPOINT DELEGATE OF DISTRICT JUDGE TO DEAL WITH NON-CONTENTIOUS CASES
Section266 - DISTRICT JUDGE'S POWERS AS TO GRANT OF PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION The District Judge shall have the like powers and
Section267 - DISTRICT JUDGE MAY ORDER PERSON TO PRODUCE TESTAMENTARY PAPERS ATTEND FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING EXAMINED RESPECTING THE
Section269 - WHEN AND HOW DISTRICT JUDGE TO INTERFERE FOR PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Section270 - WHEN PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION MAY BE GRANTED BY DISTRICT JUDGE Probate of the will or letters of administration to the
Section271 - DISPOSAL OF APPLICATION MADE TO JUDGE OF DISTRICT IN WHICH DECEASED HAD NO FIXED ABODE When the application is made to
Section272 - PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION MAY BE GRANTED BY DELEGATE Probate and letters of administration may, upon
Section273 - CONCLUSIVENESS OF PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Probate or letters of administration shall have effect over all
Section274 - TRANSMISSION TO HIGH COURTS OF CERTIFICATE OF GRANTS UNDER PROVISO TO SECTION 273
Section275 - CONCLUSIVENESS OF APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION, IF PROPERLY MADE AND VERIFIED The application for probate
Section277 - IN WHAT CASES TRANSLATION OF WILL TO BE ANNEXED TO PETITION. VERIFICATION OF TRANSLATION BY PERSON OTHER THAN COURT
Section279 - ADDITION TO STATEMENT IN PETITION, ETC., FOR PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION IN CERTAIN CASES
Section280 - PETITION FOR PROBATE, ETC., TO BE SIGNED AND VERIFIED The petition for probate or letters of administration shall in
Section281 - VERIFICATION OF PETITION FOR PROBATE, BY ONE WITNESS TO WILL Where the application is for probate, the petition shall
Section284 - CAVEATS AGAINST GRANT OF PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION
Section285 - AFTER ENTRY OF CAVEAT, NO PROCEEDING TAKEN ON PETITION UNTIL AFTER NOTICE TO CAVEATOR No proceeding shall be taken on a
Section286 - DISTRICT DELEGATE WHEN NOT TO GRANT PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION A District Delegate shall not grant probate or letters of
Section287 - POWER TO TRANSMIT STATEMENT TO DISTRICT JUDGE IN DOUBTFUL CASES WHERE NO CONTENTION In every case in which there is no
Section288 - PROCEDURE WHERE THERE IS CONTENTION, OR DISTRICT DELEGATE THINKS PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE REFUSED
Section289 - GRANT OF PROBATE TO BE UNDER SEAL OF COURT When it appears to the District Judge or District Delegate that probate of a
Section290 - GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION TO BE UNDER SEAL OF COURT When it appears to the District Judge or District Delegate
Section292 - ASSIGNMENT OF ADMINISTRATION BOND The Court may, on application made by petition and on being satisfied that the
Section293 - TIME FOR GRANT OF PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION No probate of a will shall be granted until after the expiration of seven
Section294 - FILING OF ORIGINAL WILLS OF WHICH PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION WITH WILL ANNEXED GRANTED
Section295 - PROCEDURE IN CONTENTIOUS CASES In any case before the District Judge in. which there is contention, the proceedings
Section296 - SURRENDER OF REVOKED PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Section297 - PAYMENT TO EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATION REVOKED When a grant of probate or letters of
Section298 - POWER TO REFUSE LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, it shall, where the deceased
Section299 - APPEALS FROM ORDERS OF DISTRICT JUDGE Every order made by a District Judge by virtue of the powers hereby conferred
Section301 - REMOVAL OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR AND PROVISION FOR SUCCESSOR The High Court may, on application made to it,
Section302 - DIRECTIONS TO EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR Where probate or letters of administration in respect of any estate has or have
Section303 - EXECUTOR OF HIS OWN WRONG A person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased, or does any other act which
Section304 - LIABILITY OF EXECUTOR OF HIS OWN WRONG When a person has so acted as to become an executor of his own wrong, he is
Section305 - IN RESPECT OF CAUSES OF ACTION SURVIVING DECEASED AND DEBTS DUE AT DEATH An executor or administrator has the same
Section306 - DEMANDS AND RIGHTS OF ACTION OF OR AGAINST DECEASED SURVIVE TO AND AGAINST EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR All demands
Section307 - POWER OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY
Section308 - GENERAL POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION An executor or administrator may, in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other
Section310 - PURCHASE BY EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR OF DECEASED'S PROPERTY It any executor or administrator purchases, either
Section311 - POWERS OF SEVERAL EXECUTORS OR ADMINISTRATORS EXERCISABLE BY ONE When there are several executors or administrators,
Section312 - SURVIVAL OF POWERS ON DEATH OF ONE OF SEVERAL EXECUTORS OR ADMINISTRATORS Upon the death of one or more of several
Section313 - POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR OF EFFECTS UNADMINISTERED The administrator of effects unadministered has, with respect to such
Section314 - POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR DURING MINORITY An administrator during minority has all the powers of an ordinary
Section315 - POWERS OF MARRIED EXECUTRIX OR ADMINISTRATOR When a grant of probate or letters of administration has been made to a
Section316 - AS TO DECESSED'S FUNERAL It is the duty of an executor to provide funds, for the performance of the necessary funeral
Section318 - INVENTORY TO INCLUDE PROPERTY IN ANY PART OF INDIA IN CERTAIN CASES In all cases where a grant has been made of probate
Section319 - AS TO PROPERTY OF, AND DEBTS OWING TO, DECEASED The executor or administrator shall collect, with reasonable diligence,
Section320 - EXPENSES TO BE PAID BEFORE ALL DEBTS Funeral expenses to a reasonable amount, according to the degree and quality of
Section321 - EXPENSES TO BE PAID NEXT AFTER SUCH EXPENSES The expenses of obtaining probate or letters of administration, including
Section323 - SAVE AS AFORESAID, ALL DEBTS TO BE PAID EQUALLY AND RATEABLY Save as aforesaid, no creditor shall have a right of
Section324 - APPLICATION OF MOVABLE PROPERTY TO PAYMENT OF DEBTS WHERE DOMICILE NOT IN INDIA
Section325 - DEBTS TO BE PAID BEFORE LEGACIES Debts of every description must be paid before any legacy
Section326 - EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATION NOT BOUND TO PAY LEGACIES WITHOUT INDEMNITY If the estate of the deceased is subject to any
Section327 - ABATEMENT OF GENERAL LEGACIES If the assets, after payment of debts, necessary expenses and specific legacies, arc not
Section329 - RIGHT UNDER DEMONSTRATIVE LEGACY WHEN ASSETS SUFFICIENT TO PAY DEBTS AND NECESSARY EXPENSES Where there is a
Section330 - RATEABLE ABATEMENT OF SPECIFIC LEGACIES If the assets are not sufficient to answer the debts and the specific legacies
Section331 - LEGACIES TREATED AS GENERAL FOR PURPOSE OF ABATEMENT For the purpose of abatement, a legacy for life, a sum
Section332 - ASSENT NECESSARY TO COMPLETE LEGATEE'S TITLE The assent of the executor or administrator is necessary to complete a
Section333 - EFFECT OF EXECUTOR'S ASSENT TO SPECIFIC LEGACY
Section334 - CONDITIONAL ASSENT The assent of an executor or administrator to a legacy may be conditional, and if the condition is
Section335 - ASSENT OF EXECUTOR TO HIS OWN LEGACY
Section336 - EFFECT OF EXECUTOR'S ASSENT The assent of the executor or administrator to a legacy gives effect to it from the death
Section337 - EXECUTOR WHEN TO DELIVER LEGACIES An executor or administrator is nut bound to pay or deliver any legacy until the
Section338 - COMMENCEMENT OF ANNUITY WHEN NO TIME FIXED BY WILL Where an annuity is given by a will and no time is fixed for its
Section339 - WHEN ANNUITY, TO BE PAID QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY, FIRST FALLS DUE Where there is a direction that the annuity shall be
Section340 - DATES OF SUCCESSIVE PAYMENTS WHEN FIRST PAYMENT DIRECTED TO BE MADE WITHIN A GIVEN TIME OR ON DAY CERTAIN DEATH OF
Section341 - INVESTMENT OF SUM BEQUEATHED, WHERE LEGACY, NOT SPECIFIC, GIVEN FOR LIFE Where a legacy, not being a specific legacy,
Section342 - INVESTMENT OF GENERAL LEGACY, TO BE PAID AT FUTURE TIME, DISPOSAL OF INTERMEDIATE INTEREST
Section343 - PROCEDURE WHEN NO FUND CHARGED WITH, OR APPROPRIATED TO, ANNUITY Where an annuity is given and no fund is charged with
Section344 - TRANSFER TO RESIDUARY LEGATEE OF CONTINGENT BEQUEST Where a bequest is contingent, the executor or administrator is not
Section345 - INVESTMENT OF RESIDUE BEQUEATHED FOR LIFE, WITHOUT DIRECTION TO INVEST IN PARTICULAR SECURITIES
Section346 - INVESTMENT OF RESIDUE BEQUEATHED FOR LIFE, WITH DIRECTION TO INVEST IN SPECIFIED SECURITIES When the testator has
Section347 - TIME AND MANNER OF CONVERSION AND INVESTMENT Such conversion and investment as are contemplated by sections 345 and 346
Section348 - PROCEDURE WHERE MINOR ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OR POSSESSION OF BEQUEST, AND NO DIRECTION TO PAY TO PERSON ON HIS
Section349 - LEGATEE'S TITLE TO PRODUCE OF SPECIFIC LEGACY The legatee of a specific legacy is entitled to the clear produce
Section350 - RESIDUARY LEGATEE'S TITLE TO PRODUCE OF RESIDUARY FUND The legatee under a general residuary bequest is entitled to the
Section351 - INTEREST WHEN NO TIME FIXED FOR PAYMENT OF GENERAL LEGACY Where no time has been fixed for the payment of a general
Section352 - INTEREST WHEN TIME FIXED Where a time has been fixed for the payment of a general legacy, interest begins to run from
Section353 - RATE OF INTEREST The rate of interest shall be four per cent per annum in all cases except when the testator was a
Section354 - NO INTEREST ON ARREARS OF ANNUITY WITHIN FIRST YEAR AFTER TESTATOR'S DEATH No interest is payable on the arrears of an
Section355 - INTEREST ON SUM TO BE INVESTED TO PRODUCE ANNUITY Where a sum of money is directed to be invested to produce an
Section356 - REFUND OF LEGACY PAID UNDER COURT'S ORDERS When an executor or administrator has paid a legacy under the order of a
Section357 - NO REFUND IF PAID VOLUNTARILY When an executor or administrator has voluntarily paid a legacy, he cannot call upon a
Section358 - REFUND WHEN LEGACY HAS BECOME DUE ON PERFORMANCE OF CONDITION WITHIN FURTHER TIME ALLOWED UNDER SECTION 137 When the
Section359 - WHEN EACH LEGATEE COMPELLABLE TO REFUND IN PROPORTION When the executor or administrator has paid away the assets in
Section360 - DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS Where an executor or administrator has given such notices as the High Court may, by any general
Section361 - CREDITOR MAY CALL UPON LEGATEE TO REFUND A creditor who has not received payment of his debt may call upon a legatee
Section362 - WHEN LEGATEE, NOT SATISFIED OR COMPELLED TO REFUND UNDER SECTION 361, CANNOT OBLIGE ONE PAID IN FULL TO REFUND If the
Section363 - WHEN UNSATISFIED LEGATEE MUST FIRST PROCEED AGAINST EXECUTOR, IF SOLVENT If the assets were not sufficient to satisfy
Section364 - LIMIT TO REFUNDING OF ONE LEGATEE TO ANOTHER The refunding of one legatee to another shall not exceed the sum by which
Section365 - REFUNDING TO BE WITHOUT INTEREST The refunding shall in all cases be without interest
Section366 - RESIDUE AFTER USUAL PAYMENTS TO BE PAID TO RESIDUARY LEGATEE The surplus or residue of the deceased's property, after
Section367 - TRANSFER OF ASSETS FROM INDIA TO EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR IN COUNTRY OF DOMICILE FOR DISTRIBUTION Where a person not
Section368 - LIABILITY OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVASTATION When an executor or administrator misapplies the estate of the
Section369 - LIABILITY OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEGLECT TO GET ANY PART OF PROPERTY When an executor or administrator
Section370 - RESTRICTION ON GRANT OF CERTIFICATES UNDER THIS PART
Section371 - COURT HAVING JURISDICTION TO GRANT CERTIFICATE The District Judge within whose jurisdiction the deceased ordinarily
Section374 - CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATE When the District Judge grants a certificate, he shall therein specify the debts and securities
Section375 - REQUISITION OF SECURITY FROM GRANTEE OF CERTIFICATE
Section378 - AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE IN RESPECT OF POWERS AS TO SECURITIES Where a District Judge has not conferred on the holder
Section380 - LOCAL EXTENT OF CERTIFICATE A certificate under this Part shall have effect throughout India. This section shall apply
Section381 - EFFECT OF CERTIFICATE Subject to the provisions of this Part, the certificate of the District Judge shall, with respect
Section382 - EFFECT OF CERTIFICATE GRANTED OR EXTENDED BY INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN FOREIGN STATE AND IN CERTAIN OTHER CASES Where a
Section383 - REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE A certificate granted under this Part may be revoked for any of the following causes, namely
Section384 - APPEAL
Section385 - EFFECT ON CERTIFICATE OF PREVIOUS CERTIFICATE, PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Save as provided by this Act, a
Section386 - VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE IN GOOD FAITH TO HOLDER OF INVALID CERTIFICATE Where a certificate under this Part
Section387 - EFFECT OF DECISIONS UNDER THIS ACT, AND LIABILITY OF HOLDER OF CERTIFICATE THERE UNDER No decision under this Part upon
Section388 - INVESTITURE OF INFERIOR COURTS WITH JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT
Section390 - PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTIFICATES UNDER BOMBAY REGULATION 8 OF 1827 Notwithstanding anything in Bombay Regulation
Section391 - SAVING Nothing in Part VIII, Part IX or Part X shall
Section392 - REPEALS [Rep. by the Repealing Act. 1927
Schedule04 - FORM OF CERTIFICATE I, A.B., Registrar (or as the case may be) of the High Court of Judicature at ......................

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