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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,.....

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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 16

Title: Of Ademption of Legacies

State: Central

Year: 1925

..... "the debt which C owes me": "2,000 rupees which I have in the hands of D": "the money due to me on the bond of E": "my mortgage on the Rampur factory". All these debts are extinguished in A's lifetime, some with and some without his consent. All the legacies are adeemed. (ii) A bequeaths to B his interest in certain policies of life assurance. A in his lifetime receives the amount of the policies. The legacy is adeemed. Section 155 - Ademption pro tanto by testator's receipt of part of entire thing specifically bequeathed 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. Section 156 - Ademption pro tanto by testator's receipt of portion of entire fund of which portion has been specifically bequeathed If a portion of an entire fund or stock is specifically bequeathed, the receipt by the testator of a portion of the fund or.....

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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 152

Title: Ademption Explained

State: Central

Year: 1925

If any thing which has been specifically bequeathed does not belong to the testator at the time of his death, or has been converted into property of a different kind, the legacy is adeemed; that is, it cannot take effect, by reason of the subject-matter having been withdrawn from the operation of the will. Illustrations (i) A bequeaths to B "the diamond ring presented to me by C": "my gold chain": "a certain bale of wool": "a certain piece of cloth": "all my household goods which shall be in or about my dwelling-house in M. Street in Calcutta, at the time of my death". A in his life-time, sells or gives away the ring: converts the chain into a cup; converts the wool into cloth: makes the cloth into a garment: takes another house into which he removes all his goods. Each of these legacies is adeemed. (ii) A bequeaths to B "the sum of 1,000 rupees, in a certain chest": "all my horses in my stable". At the death of A, no money is found in the chest, and no horses in the stable. The legacies are adeemed. (iii) A bequeaths to B certain bales of goods. A takes the goods with him on a voyage. The ship and goods are lost at sea, and A is drowned. The

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