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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Succession Act, 1925 Section 214

PROOF OF REPRESENTATIVE TITLE A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO RECOVERY THROUGH THE COURTS OF DEBTS FROM DEBTORS OF DECEASED

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Succession Act, 1925 Section 214 is part of Succession Act, 1925 - PROOF OF REPRESENTATIVE TITLE A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO RECOVERY THROUGH THE COURTS OF DEBTS FROM DEBTORS OF DECEASED. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) No Court shall-

(a) pass a decree against a debtor of a deceased person for payment of his debt to a person claiming on succession to be entitled to the effects of the deceased person or to any part thereof, or (b) proceed, upon an application of a person claiming to be so entitled, to execute against such a debtor a decree or order for the payment of his debt, except on the production, by the person so claiming of-

(i) a probate or letters of administration evidencing the grant to him of administration to the estate of the deceased, or (ii) a certificate granted under section 31 or section 32 of the Administrator General's Act, 1913 (3 of 1913), and having the debt mentioned therein, or (iii) a succession certificate granted under Part X and having the debt specified therein, or (iv) a certificate granted under the Succession Certificate Act, 1889 (7 of 1889), or (v) a certificate granted under Bombay Regulation No. VIII of 1827, and, if granted after the first day of May, 1889, having the debt specified therein.

(2) The word "debt" in sub-section (1) includes any debt except rent, revenue or profits payable in respect of land used for agricultural purposes.

Frequently asked questions

What does Succession Act, 1925 Section 214 provide?

Section Section 214 of the Succession Act, 1925 (PROOF OF REPRESENTATIVE TITLE A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO RECOVERY THROUGH THE COURTS OF DEBTS FROM DEBTORS OF DECEASED) 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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