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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Succession Act, 1925 Section 101

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION WHERE WILL PURPORTS TO MAKE TWO BEQUESTS TO SAME PERSON Where a will purports to make two

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Succession Act, 1925 Section 101 is part of Succession Act, 1925 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION WHERE WILL PURPORTS TO MAKE TWO BEQUESTS TO SAME PERSON Where a will purports to make two. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) If the same specific thing is bequeathed twice to the same legatee in the same will or in the will and again in the codicil, he is entitled to receive that specific thing only.

(b) Where one and the same will or one and the same codicil purports to make, in two places, a bequest to the same person of the same quantity or amount of anything, he shall be entitled to one such legacy only.

(c) Where two legacies of unequal amount are given to the same person in the same will, or in the same codicil, the legatee is entitled to both.

(d) Where two legacies, whether equal or unequal in amount, are given to the same legatee, one by a will and the other by a codicil, or each by a different codicil, the legatee is entitled to both legacies.

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What does Succession Act, 1925 Section 101 provide?

Section Section 101 of the Succession Act, 1925 (RULES OF CONSTRUCTION WHERE WILL PURPORTS TO MAKE TWO BEQUESTS TO SAME PERSON Where a will purports to make two) 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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