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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,.....

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 Part 9

Title: Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased

State: Central

Year: 1925

..... (viii) The person to whom probate was, or letters of administration were, granted has subsequently become of unsound mind. INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925Chapter 4 - OF THE PRACTICE IN GRANTING AND REVOKING PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Section 264 - Jurisdiction of District Judge in granting and revoking probates, etc. (1) The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases within his district. (2) Except in cases to which section 57 applies, no court in any local area beyond the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay,1[***] shall, where the deceased is a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, receive applications for probate or letters of administration until the State Government has, by a notification in the Official Gazette, authorised it so to do. ______________________ 1. The words "and the province of Burma" omitted by the A.O. 1937. Section 264 - Jurisdiction of District Judge in granting and revoking probates, etc. (1) The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 13

Title: Of the Liability of an Executor or Administrator for Devastation

State: Central

Year: 1925

..... (d) the right in which the petitioner claims; (e) the absence of any impediment under section 370 or under any other provision of this Act or any other enactment, to the grant of the certificate or to the validity thereof if it were granted; and (f) the debts and securities in respect of which the certificate is applied for. ( 2) If the petition contains any averment which the person verifying it knows or believes to be false, or does not believe to be true, that person shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 198 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860). 1[(3) Application for such a certificate may be made in respect of any debt or debts due to the deceased creditor or in respect of portions thereof] _____________________ 1. Added by Act 14 of 1928, section 2. Section 372 - Application for certificate ( 1) Application for such a certificate shall be made to the District Judge by a petition signed and verified by or on behalf of the applicant in the manner prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) for the signing and verification of a plaint by or on behalf of a plaintiff, and setting forth the following.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 10

Title: Succession Certificates

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....in this Part referred to as a certificate) shall not be granted under this Part with respect to any debt or security to which a right is required by section 212 or section 213 to be established by letters of administration or probate: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent the grant of a certificate to any person claiming to be entitled to the effects of a deceased Indian Christian, or to any part thereof, with respect to any debt or security, by reason that a right thereto can be established by letters of administration under this Act. (2) For the purposes of this Part, "security" means- (a) any promissory note, debenture, stock or other security of the Central Govern­ment or of a State Government; (b) any bond, debenture, or annuity charged by Act of Parliament1[of the United Kingdom] on the revenues of India; (c) any stock or debenture of, or share in, a company or other incorporated institution; (d) any debenture or other security for money issued by, or on behalf of, a local authority; (e) any other security which the2[State Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a security for the.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 22

Title: Of Election

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....England does not pass by theWill. Cmay claim his legacy without giving up thereal property in England. ________________________ 1. Substitutedby Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States". Section 182 - Testator's belief as to his ownership immaterial The provisions of sections 180 and 181apply whether the testator does or does not believe that which he professes todispose of by his Will to be his own. Illustrations (i) The farm of Sultanpur was theproperty of C. A bequeathed it to B,giving a legacy of 1,000rupees to C. C has elected to retain hisfarm of Sultanpur, which is worth 800rupees. C forefeitshis legacy of 1,000 rupees, of which 800 rupees goes to B, andthe remaining 200 rupees falls into the residuarybequest, or devolves according to the rules of intestate succession, as thecase may be. (ii) A bequeaths an estate to B in case B'selder brother (who is married and has children) shallleave no issue living at hisdeath. A also bequeaths to C a jewel, which belongs to B. B must elect to give up the jewelor to lose the estate. (iii) A bequeaths to B 1,000rupees, and to C an estate which Will, under a settlement, belong to B ifhis elder brother(who.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 2

Title: Of Limited Grants

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....258 to 260 - Grant of effects unadministered Section 258 - Grant of effects unadministered If an executor to whom probate has been granted has died, leaving a part of the testator's estate unadministered, a new representative may be appointed for the purpose of administering such part of the estate. Section 259 - Rules as to grants of effects unadministered In granting letters of administration of an estate not fully administered, the Court shall be guided by the same rules as apply to original grants, and shall grant letters of administration to those persons only to whom original grants might have been made. Section 260 - Administration when limited grant expired and still some part of estate unadministered When a limited grant has expired, by efflux of time, or the happening of the event or contingency on which it was limited, and there is still some part of the deceased's estate unadministered, letters of administration shall be granted to those persons to whom original grants might have been made.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 4

Title: Of the Practice in Granting and Revoking Probates and Letters of Administration

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....the A.O. 1948, for "thewhole of British India". 2. The words "of India" omitted by the A.O.1950. 3. Inserted by A.O. 1937. 4. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951,section 3 andSchedule, for "the States". 5. 1st April, 1937. 6. Added by the A. O. 1948. 7. The words "of India" omitted by Act 42of 1953, section 4 and Schedule III. 8. 15th August, 1947. Section 273 - Conclusiveness of probate or letters of administration Probate or letters of administration shall have effect overall the property and estate, moveable or immoveable, of the deceased,throughout the State in which the same is or are granted, and shall beconclusive as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased,and all persons holding property which belongs to him, and shall afford fullindemnity to all debtors, paying their debts and all persons delivering up suchproperty to the person to whom such probate or letters of administration havebeen granted: Provided that probates and letters of administrationgranted- (a) by a High Court, or (b) by a District Judge, where the deceased at the time ofhis death had a fixed place of abode situate within the jurisdiction of suchJudge, and such.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 6

Title: Of the Powers of an Executor or Administrator

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....absence of such an endorsement or annexure authorise an executor or administrator to act otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this section. Section 308 - General powers of administration An executor or administrator may, in addition to, and not in derogation of any other powers of expenditure lawfully exercisable by him, incur expenditure (a) on such acts as may be necessary for the proper care or management of any property belonging to any estate administered by him; and (b) with the sanction of the High Court, on such religious, charitable and other objects, and on such improvements, as may be reasonable and proper in the case of such property. Section 309 - Commission or agency charges An executor or administrator shall not be entitled to receive or retain any commission or agency charges at a higher rate than that for the time being fixed in respect of the Administrator-General by or under the Administrator-General's Act, 1913 (3 of 1913). Section 310 - Purchase by executor or administrator of deceased's property If any executor or administrator purchases, either directly or indirectly, any part of the property of the deceased, the sale is.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 375

Title: Requisition of Security from Grantee of Certificate

State: Central

Year: 1925

(1) The District Judge shall in any case in which he proposes to proceed under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 373, and may, in any other case, require, as a condition precedent to the granting of a certificate, that the person to whom he proposes to make the grant shall give to the Judge a bond with one or more surety or sureties, or other sufficient security, for rendering an account of debts and securities received by him and for indemnity of persons who may be entitled to the whole or any part of those debts and securities. (2) The Judge may, on application made by petitioner and on cause shown to his satisfaction, and upon such terms as to security, or providing that the money received be paid into Court, or otherwise, as he thinks fit, assign the bond or other security to some proper person, and that person shall thereupon be entitled to sue thereon in his own name as if it had been originally given to him instead of to the Judge of the Court, and to recover, as trustee for all persons interested, such amount as may be recoverable thereunder.