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Succession Act, 1925 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....under this section or exempted from the operation of any of the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1865(10 of 1865), under section 332 of that Act are in this Act referred to as "exempted persons". PART 02 OF DOMICILE SECTION 04: APPLICATION OF PART This Part shall not apply if the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina. SECTION 05: LAW REGULATING SUCCESSION TO DECEASED PERSON'S IMMOVABLE AND MOVABLE PROPERTY, RESPECTIVELY (1) Succession to the immovable property in India of a person deceased shall be regulated by the law of India, wherever such person may have had his domicile at the time of his death. (2) Succession to the movable property of a person deceased is regulated by the law of the country in which such person had his domicile at the time of his death. SECTION 06: ONE DOMICILE ONLY AFFECTS SUCCESSION TO MOVABLES A person can have only one domicile for the purpose of the succession to his movable property. SECTION 07: DOMICILE OF ORIGIN OF PERSON OF LEGITIMATE BIRTH The domicile of origin of every person of legitimate birth is in the country in which at the time of his birth his father was domiciled; or, if he is a posthumous.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 23

Title: Of Gifts in Contemplation of Death

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....person who has obtained the certificate, probate or letters of administration, as the case may be. ______________________ 1. Repealed partly by Act 39 of 1925 and finally by Act 1 of 1938. Section 197 - Prohibition of exercise of certain powers by curators ( 1) Where a certificate has been granted under Part X or under the Succession Certificate Act, 18891(7 of 1889), or a grant of probate or letters of administration has been made, a curator appointed under this Part shall not exercise any authority lawfully belonging to the holder of the certificate or to the executor or administrator. (2) Payment of debts, etc., to curators.-All persons who have paid debts or rents to a curator authorised by a Court to receive them shall be indemnified, and the curator sh all be responsible for the payment thereof to the person who has obtained the certificate, probate or letters of administration, as the case may be. ______________________ 1. Repealed partly by Act 39 of 1925 and finally by Act 1 of 1938. Section 198 - Curator to give security and may receive remuneration (1) The District Judge shall take from the curator security for the faithful discharge of his trust,.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 7

Title: Protection of Property of Deceased

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....receive remuneration (1) The District Judge shall take from the curator security for the faithful discharge of his trust, and for rendering satisfactory accounts of the same as hereinafter provided, and may authorise him to receive out of the property such remuneration in no case exceeding five per centum on the moveable property and on the annual profits of the immoveable property, as the District Judge thinks reasonable. (2) All surplus money realized by the curator shall be paid into Court, and invested in public securities for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto upon adjudication of the summary proceeding. (3) Security shall be required from the curator with all reasonable dispatch, and where it is practicable, shall be taken generally to answer all cases for which the person may be afterwards appointed curator; but no delay in the taking of security shall prevent the Judge from immediately investing the curator with the powers of his office. Section 199 - Report from Collector where estate includes revenue-paying land (1) Where the estate of the deceased person consists wholly or in part of land paying revenue to Government, in all matters regarding the.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 203

Title: Inspection of Accounts and Right of Interested Party to Keep Duplicate

State: Central

Year: 1925

(1) The accounts of the curator shall be open to the inspection of all parties interested; and it shall be competent for any such interested party to appoint a separate person to keep a duplicate account of all receipts and payments by the curator. (2) If it is found that the accounts of the curator are in arrear, or that they are erroneous or incomplete, or if the curator does not produce them whenever he is ordered to do so by the District Judge, he shall be punishable with fine not exceeding one thousand rupees for every such default.

INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 155

Title: Ademption pro tanto by testator's receipt of part of entire thing specifically bequeathed

State: Central

Year: 1925

The receipt by the testator of a part of an entire thing specifically bequeathed shall operate as an ademption of the legacy to the extent of the sum so received, Illustration A bequeaths to B "the debt due to me by C'. The debt amounts to 10,000 rupees. C pays to A 5,000 rupees the one-half of the debt. The legacy is revoked by ademption, so far as regards the 5,000 rupees received by A.

INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 156

Title: Ademption pro tanto by testator's receipt of portion of entire fund of which portion has been specifically bequeathed

State: Central

Year: 1925

If a portion of an entire fund or stock is specifically bequeathed, the receipt by the testator of a portion of the fund or stock shall operate as an ademption only to the extent of the amount so received; and the residue of the fund or stock shall be applicable to the discharge of the specific legacy. Illustration A bequeaths to B one-half of the sum of 10,000 rupees due to him from W. A in his lifetime receives 6,000 rupees, part of the 10,000 rupees. The 4,000 rupees which are due from W to A at the time of his death belong to B under the specific bequest.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 317

Title: Inventory and Account

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....of the estate, showing the assets which have come to his hands and the manner in which they have been applied or disposed of. (2) The High Court may prescribe the form in which an inventory or account under this section is to be exhibited. (3) If an executor or administrator, on being required by the Court to exhibit an inventory or account under this section, intentionally omits to comply with the requisition, he shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 176 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860(45 of 1860). (4) The exhibition of an intentionally false inventory or account under this section shall be deemed to be an offence under section 193 of that Code.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 202

Title: Accounts to Be Filed by Curator

State: Central

Year: 1925

The curator shall file monthly accounts in abstract, and shall, on the expiry of each period of three months, if his administration lasts so long, and, upon giving up the possession of the property, file a detailed account of his administration to the satisfaction of the District Judge.

Bombay Betting Tax Act, 1925, (Maharashtra) Section 7

Title: Inspection of Totalisator Accounts

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1925

Every person having the custody or control of totalisator accounts shall, when required in writing by an officer empowered in this behalf by the 1[2[State] Government], permit such officer or an officer authorised in writing by him in this behalf to inspect and to take copies of them. _________________ 1 The words " Provincial Government" were substituted for the words " Governor in Council" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. 2 This word was substituted for the word " Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Complete Act

Title: Indian Succession Act, 1925

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....- Short title Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Power of State Government to exempt any race, sect or tribe in the State from operation of Act Part 2 Section4 - Application of Part Section5 - Law regulating succession to deceased person's immovable and movable property, respectively Section6 - One domicile only affects succession to movables Section7 - Domicile of origin of person of legitimate birth Section8 - Domicile of origin of illegitimate child Section9 - Continuance of domicile of origin Section10 - Acquisition of new domicile Section11 - Special mode of acquiring domicile in India Section12 - Domicile not acquired by residence as representative of foreign Government, or as part of his family Section13 - Continuance of new domicile Section14 - Minor's domicile Section15 - Domicile acquired by woman on marriage Section16 - Wife's domicile during marriage Section17 - Minor's acquisition of new domicile Section18 - Lunatic's acquisition of new domicile Section19 - Succession to movable property in India in absence of proof of domicile elsewhere Part 3 Section20 - Interests and powers not acquired nor lost by marriage Section21 - Effect of marriage.....