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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Succession Act, 1925 Section 136

RESULT OF LEGATEE RENDERING IMPOSSIBLE OR INDEFINITELY POSTPONING ACT FOR WHICH NO TIME SPECIFIED, AND ON

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Succession Act, 1925 Section 136 is part of Succession Act, 1925 - RESULT OF LEGATEE RENDERING IMPOSSIBLE OR INDEFINITELY POSTPONING ACT FOR WHICH NO TIME SPECIFIED, AND ON. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 136: RESULT OF LEGATEE RENDERING IMPOSSIBLE OR INDEFINITELY POSTPONING ACT FOR WHICH NO TIME SPECIFIED, AND ON NON-PERFORMANCE OF WHICH SUBJECT SUBJECT-MATTER TO GO OVER Where a bequest is made with a condition super-added that, unless the legatee shall perform a certain act, the subject-matter of the bequest shall go to another person, or the bequest shall cease to have effect but no time is specified for the performance of the act; if the legatee takes any step which renders impossible or indefinitely postpones the performance of the act required, the legacy shall go as if the legatee had died without performing such act.

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What does Succession Act, 1925 Section 136 provide?

Section Section 136 of the Succession Act, 1925 (RESULT OF LEGATEE RENDERING IMPOSSIBLE OR INDEFINITELY POSTPONING ACT FOR WHICH NO TIME SPECIFIED, AND ON) 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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