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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 8

Title: Domicile of Origin of Illegitimate Child

State: Central

Year: 1925

The domicile of origin of an illegitimate child is in the country in which, at the time of his birth, his mother was domiciled.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 6

Title: Testamentary Succession

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....of ministers of religion; for the formation or support of a public garden; All these bequests are void. _____________________ 1. Added by Act 51 of 1991, section 6. INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925Chapter 8 - OF THE VESTING OF LEGACIES Section 119 - Date of vesting of legacy when payment or possession postponed Where by the terms of a bequest the legatee is not entitled to immediate possession of the thing bequeathed, a right to receive it at the proper time shall, unless a contrary intention appears by the will, become vested in the legatee on the testator's death, and shall pass to the legatee's representatives if he dies before that time and without having received the legacy, and in such cases the legacy is from the testator's death said to be vested in interest. Explanation.An intention that a legacy to any person shall not become vested in interest in him is not to be inferred merely from a provision whereby the payment or possession of the thing bequeathed is postponed, or whereby a prior interest therein is bequeathed to some other person, or whereby the income arising from the fund bequeathed is directed to be accumulated until the time of payment arrives,.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 6

Title: Of the Construction of Wills

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 conduct to the right application of the words which the testator has used. Illustrations (i) A, by his Will, bequeaths 1,000 rupees to his eldest son or to his youngest grand-child, or to his cousin, Mary; a Court may make inquiry in order to ascertain to what person the description in the Will applies. (ii) A, by his Will, leaves to B "my estate called Black Acre." It may be necessary to take evidence in order to ascertain what is the subject-matter of the bequest; that is to say, what estate of the testator's is called Black Acre. (iii) A, by his Will, leaves to B "the estate which I purchased of C". It may be necessary to take evidence in order to ascertain what estate the testator purchased of C. Section 76 - Misnomer or misdescription of object (1) Where the words used in a Will to.....

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....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 03: 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: Provided further that, in the case of a rule applicable only to a family, it has not been discontinued by the family; (b) "maintenance" includes- (i) in all cases, provision for food, clothing, residence, education and medical attendance and treatment; (ii) in the case of an unmarried daughter, also the reasonable expenses of and incidents to her marriage; (c) "minor" means a person who has not completed his or her age of eighteen years. SECTION 04: OVERRIDING EFFECT OF ACT Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act,- (a) any text, rule or interpretation of Hindu law or any custom or usage as part of that law in force immediately before.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 100

Title: Words Expressing Relationship Denote Only Legitimate Relatives or Failing Such Relatives Reputed Legitimate

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....to "the children of B". B never had any legitimate child. C and D had, at the date of the Will, acquired the reputation of being children of B. After the date of the Will and before the death of the testator, E and F were born, and acquired the reputation of being children of B. Only C and D are objects of the bequest. (vi) A makes a bequest in favour of his child by a certain woman, not his wife. B had acquired at the date of the Will the reputation of being the child of A by the woman designated. B takes the legacy. (vii) A makes a bequest in favour of his child to be born of a woman who never becomes his wife. The bequest is void. (viii) A makes a bequest in favour of the child of which a certain woman, not married to him, is pregnant. The bequest is void.

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....to, and not, save as hereinafter expressly provided, in derogation of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890)- SECTION 03: APPLICATION OF ACT (1) This Act applies- (a) to any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj, (b) to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion, and (c) to any other person domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion, unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed. Explanation: The following persons are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion, as the case may be:- (i) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of whose parents are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion; (ii) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, one of whose parents is a Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion and who is brought up as a member of a tribe, community, group or family to which such.....

EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Chapter 1

Title: PRELIMINARY

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....by rules made under this Act; (i) "qualified medical practitioner" means any person registered 8[***] under any 9[Central Act, Provincial Act, or an Act of the Legislature of a 10[State]] providing for the maintenance of a register of medical practitioners, or, in any area where no such last-mentioned Act is in force, any person declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act; 11[***] (k) "seaman" means any person forming part of the crew of any 12[***] ship, but does not include the master of 13[the] ship; (l) "total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, as incapacitates a 26[employee] for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement: 14[Provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to result from every injury specified in Part I of Schedule I or from any combination of injuries specified in Part II thereof where the aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity, as specified in the said Part II against those injuries, amounts to one hundred per.....

EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....by rules made under this Act; (i) "qualified medical practitioner" means any person registered 8[***] under any 9[Central Act, Provincial Act, or an Act of the Legislature of a 10[State]] providing for the maintenance of a register of medical practitioners, or, in any area where no such last-mentioned Act is in force, any person declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act; 11[***] (k) "seaman" means any person forming part of the crew of any 12[***] ship, but does not include the master of 13[the] ship; (l) "total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, as incapacitates a 26[employee] for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement: 14[Provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to result from every injury specified in Part I of Schedule I or from any combination of injuries specified in Part II thereof where the aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity, as specified in the said Part II against those injuries, amounts to one hundred per.....

Navy Act, 1957 Chapter VII

Title: Provisions as to Pay, Pension, Etc., and Maintenance of Famlies

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....trial by a naval tribunal, namely:-- (1) all pay and allowances for everyday of absence without leave unless an explanation is given to the satisfaction of the commanding officer for such absence and approved by the Chief of the Naval Staff : Provided that the officer is not dealt with by a naval tribunal for the said absence; (2) all pay and allowances for everyday while he is in civil or naval custody or under suspension from duty on a charge for an offence of which he is afterwards convicted by a competent naval tribunal or Criminal Court and sentenced to imprisonment; (3) all pay and allowances for everyday while he is in hospital on account of sickness certified by the prescribed medical officer to have been caused by an act amounting to an offence punishable under this Act: Provided that such certificate is accepted by the Chief of the Naval Staff; (4) any sum required to make good the pay and allowances of any person subject to naval law which he has unlawfully retained or refused to pay; (5) any sum required to make good any loss, damage or destruction of Government property or property belonging to a naval mess, band or institution which after due.....

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Chapter III

Title: Maintenance

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....is, or would, if the liability to contribute were enforced, become less than what would be awarded to him or her by way of maintenance under this Act. Section 23 - Amount of maintenance (1) It shall be in the discretion of the Court to determine whether any, and if so what, maintenance shall be awarded under the provisions of this Act, and in doing so, the court shall have due regard to the considerations set out in sub-section (2), or sub-section (3), as the case may be, so far as they are applicable. (2) In determining the amount of maintenance, if any, to be awarded to a wife, children or aged or infirm parents under this Act, regard shall be had to- (a) the position and status of the parties; (b) the reasonable wants of the claimant; (c) if the claimant is living separately, whether the claimant is justified in doing so; (d) the value of the claimant's property and any income derived from such property, or from the claimant's own earnings or from any other source; (e) the number of persons entitled to maintenance under this Act. (3) In determining the amount of maintenance, if any, to be awarded to a dependant under this Act, regard shall be had to- (a).....