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Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section 18

Title: Full Blood Preferred to Half Blood

State: Central

Year: 1956

Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect.

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....of any creditor to proceed against the son, grandson or great-grandson, as the case may be; or (b) any alienation made in respect of or in satisfaction of, any such debt, and any such right or alienation shall be enforceable under the rule of pious obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as it would have been enforceable as if the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 had not been enacted. Explanation. "For the purposes of clause (a), the expression "son", "grandson" or "great-grandson" shall be deemed to refer to the son, grandson or great-grandson, as the case may be, who was born or adopted prior to the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005. (5) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to a partition, which has been effected before the 20th day of December, 2004. Explanation. "For the purposes of this section "partition" means any partition made by execution of a deed of partition duly registered under the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) or partition effected by a decree of a court.] Substituted by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, sec.3 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS [The Hindu Succession.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....mother; 2[***] (d) "district" in relation to a Marriage Officer, means the area for which he is appointed as such under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 3; 3[(e) "district court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area, the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which may be specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette as having jurisdiction in respect of the matters dealt with in this Act;] (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 4[(g) "State Government", in relation to a Union Territory, means the administrator thereto.] ________________________ 1. Clause (a) omitted by Act 33 of 1969, Section 29 (w.e.f. 31-8-1969). 2. Clause (c) omitted by Act 33 of 1969, Section 29 (w.e.f. 31-8-1969). 3. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 20, for clause (e) (w.e.f. 27-5-1967). 4. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for the original clause (g). Section 3 - Marriage Officers (1) For the purposes of this Act, the State Government may, by, notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....II and III, "ancestor" includes the father and "ancestress" the mother; 2[***] (d) "district" in relation to a Marriage Officer, means the area for which he is appointed as such under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 3; 3[(e) "district court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area, the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which may be specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette as having jurisdiction in respect of the matters dealt with in this Act;] (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 4[(g) "State Government", in relation to a Union Territory, means the administrator thereto.] ________________________ 1. Clause (a) omitted by Act 33 of 1969, Section 29 (w.e.f. 31-8-1969). 2. Clause (c) omitted by Act 33 of 1969, Section 29 (w.e.f. 31-8-1969). 3. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 20, for clause (e) (w.e.f. 27-5-1967). 4. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for the original clause (g).

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Act, 1978 (2 of 1978)], the consent of such guardian was obtained by force12 [or by fraud as to the nature of the ceremony or as to any material fact or circumstance concerning the respondent;] or (d) that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no petition for annulling a marriage- (a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section ( 1 ) shall be entertained if- (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner had, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; (b) on the ground specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall been entertained unless the court is satisfied- (i) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (ii) that proceedings have been instituted in the case of a marriage solemnized before the commencement of this Act within one year of such.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....to be the Marriage Officers of the State or any part thereof.] CHAPTER 02: SOLEMNIZATION OF SPECIAL MARRIAGES OBJECTS AND REASONS "Apart from the fact that the provisions of this Act, if passed, will apply to all persons marrying there under irrespective of the religion they may profess, the other changes of importance which have been made in this clause, as compared with section 3 of Act 3 of 1872, are the following, namely :- (a) the addition of a new condition relating to idiocy and lunacy; (b) the raising of the age limit for marriage....; (c) the provision for marriages abroad between citizens of India."- S.O.R.OBJECTS AND REASONS Sub-section (3).- "In cases where a marriage is sought to be solemnized before a Marriage Officer other than the Marriage Officer within whose jurisdiction the parties are permanently residing, it is essential that the notice should be given in the place of permanent residence also, and sub-el. (2) (now sub- sec. (3)) makes provision in this behalf.-J.C.R.OBJECTS AND REASONS Sections 8-,9-and10-.- "The Joint Committee feel that it would not be in the interests of the parties to an intended marriage or in the public interest .that Courts should.....

Succession Act, 1925 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....of determining questions as to what person or what property is denoted by any words used in a will, a Court shall inquire into every material fact relating to the persons who claim to be interested under such will, the property which is claimed as the subject of disposition, the circumstances of the testator and of his family, and into every fact a knowledge of which may conduce to the right application of the words which the testator has used. SECTION 76: MISNOMER OR MISS DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (1) Where the words used in a will to designate or describe a legatee or a class of legatees sufficiently show what is meant, an error in the name or description shall not prevent the legacy from taking effect. (2) A mistake in the name of a legatee may be corrected by a description of him, and a mistake in the description of a legatee may be corrected by the name. SECTION 77: WHEN WORDS MAY BE SUPPLIED Where any word material to the full expression of the meaning has been omitted, it may be supplied by the context. SECTION 78: REJECTION OF ERRONEOUS PARTICULARS IN DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT If the thing which the testator intended to bequeath can be sufficiently identified.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 5

Title: Intestate Succession

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....order and according to the rules hereinafter contained in this Chapter. 1 [***] ___________________ 1. Explanation omitted by Act 26 of 2002, section 2. Section 32 - Devolution of such property The property of an intestate devolves upon the wife or husband, or upon those who are of the kindred of the deceased, in the order and according to the rules hereinafter contained in this Chapter. 1 [***] ___________________ 1. Explanation omitted by Act 26 of 2002, section 2. Section 33 - Where intestate has left widow and lineal descendants, or widow and kindred only, or widow and no kindred Where the intestate has left a widow- (a) if he has also left any lineal descendants, one-thirds of his property shall belong to his widow, and the remaining two-thirds shall go to his lineal descendants, according to the rules hereinafter contained; (b) 1 [save as provided by section 33A] if he has left no lineal descendant, but has left persons who are of kindred to him, one-half of his property shall belong to his widow, and the other half shall go to those who are kindred to him, in the order and according to the rules hereinafter contained; (c) if he has left none who.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....a person who, though not a Hindu by religion, is, nevertheless, a person to whom this Act applies by virtue of the provisions contained in this section. Section 3 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) the expressions "custom" and "usage" signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among Hindus in any local area, tribe, community, group or family: Provided that the rule is certain and not unreasonable or opposed to public policy; and Provided further that in the case of a rule applicable only to a family it has not been discontinued by the family; (b) "district court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, as having jurisdiction in respect of the matters dealt with in this Act; (c) "full blood" and "half blood" two persons are said to be related to each other by full blood when they are descended from a common ancesss but by different.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 3

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....husbands; Explanation.In clauses (c) and (d), "ancestor" includes the father and "ancestress" the mother; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) (i) "sapinda relationship" with reference to any person extends as far as the third generation (inclusive) in the line of ascent through the mother, and the fifth (inclusive) in the line of ascent through the father, the line being traced upwards in each case from the person concerned, who is to be counted as the first generation; (ii) two persons are said to be "sapindas" of each other if one is a lineal ascendant of the other within the limits of sapinda relationship, or if they have a common lineal ascendant who is within the limits of sapinda relationship with reference to each of them; (g) "degrees of prohibited relationship"two persons are said to be within the "degrees of prohibited relationship" (i) if one is a lineal ascendant of the other; or (ii) if one was the wife or husband of a lineal ascendant or descendant of the other ; or (iii) if one was the wife of the brother or of the father's or mother's brother or of the grandfather's or grandmother's brother of the other; or (iv).....