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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Succession Act, 1925 Section 246

ADMINISTRATION FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF LUNATIC OR MINOR If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or

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Succession Act, 1925 Section 246 is part of Succession Act, 1925 - ADMINISTRATION FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF LUNATIC OR MINOR If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 246: ADMINISTRATION FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF LUNATIC OR MINOR If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or a person who would be solely entitled to the estate of the intestate according to the rule for the distribution of intestates' estates applicable in the case of the deceased, is a minor or lunatic, letters of administration, with or without the will annexed, as the case may be, shall be granted to the person to whom the care of his estate has been committed by competent authority, or, if there is no such person, to such other person as the Court may think fit to appoint, for the use and benefit of the minor or lunatic until he attains majority or becomes of sound mind, as the case may be.

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What does Succession Act, 1925 Section 246 provide?

Section Section 246 of the Succession Act, 1925 (ADMINISTRATION FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF LUNATIC OR MINOR If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or) 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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