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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Succession Act, 1925 Section 96

BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person

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Succession Act, 1925 Section 96 is part of Succession Act, 1925 - BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 96: BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person or to a class of persons, then, if a contrary intention does not appear by the will, the legatee first named shall be entitled to the legacy if he is alive at the time when it takes effect; but if he is then dead, the person or class of persons named in the second branch of the alternative shall take the legacy.

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What does Succession Act, 1925 Section 96 provide?

Section Section 96 of the Succession Act, 1925 (BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person) is reproduced on this page as part of the Succession Act, 1925. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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