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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Succession Act, 1925 Section 137

PERFORMANCE OF CONDITION, PRECEDENT OR SUBSEQUENT, WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME FURTHER TIME IN CASE OF FRAUD . Where the will

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Succession Act, 1925 Section 137 is part of Succession Act, 1925 - PERFORMANCE OF CONDITION, PRECEDENT OR SUBSEQUENT, WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME FURTHER TIME IN CASE OF FRAUD . Where the will. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 137: PERFORMANCE OF CONDITION, PRECEDENT OR SUBSEQUENT, WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME FURTHER TIME IN CASE OF FRAUD . Where the will requires an act to be performed by the legatee within a specified time, either as a condition to be fulfilled before the legacy is enjoyed, or as a condition upon the non-fulfilment of which the subject-matter of the bequest is to go over to another person or the bequest is to cease to have effect, the act must be performed within the time specified, unless the performance of it be prevented by fraud, in which case such further time shall be allowed as shall be requisite to make up for the delay caused by such fraud

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What does Succession Act, 1925 Section 137 provide?

Section Section 137 of the Succession Act, 1925 (PERFORMANCE OF CONDITION, PRECEDENT OR SUBSEQUENT, WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME FURTHER TIME IN CASE OF FRAUD . Where the will) 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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