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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 54

Title: Division of Property Where Intestate Leaves No Lineal Descendant but Leaves a Widow or Widower of Any Lineal Descendant

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....among the relatives of the intestate in the order specified in Part 1 of Schedule II; and the next-of-kin standing first in PartI of that Scheduleshall be preferredto those standing second, the second to the third and so on in succession,provided that the property shallbe so distributed that each male and female standing in the same degree ofpropinquity shall receive equal shares; (e) if there are no relatives entitled to the residue underclause (d), the whole of the residue shall be distributed in proportion to the shares specified among the persons entitled to receive shares under this section.] ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 1991, section 4.

HINDU WIDOW'S REMARRIAGE ACT, 1856 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1856

HINDU WIDOW'S RE-MARRIAGE ACT, 1856 HINDU WIDOW'S RE-MARRIAGE ACT, 1856 An Act to remove all legal obstacles to the Marriage of Hindu Widows Whereas it is known that, by the law as administered in the Civil Courts established in the territories in the possession and under the Government of the East India Company, Hindu widows with certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of contracting a second valid marriage and the offspring of such widows by any second marriage are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property; and whereas many Hindus believe that this imputed legal incapacity, although it is in accordance with established custom, is not in accordance with a true interpretation of the precepts of their religion, and desire that the civil law administered by the Courts of Justice shall no longer prevent those Hindus who maybe so minded from adopting a different custom, in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience; and whereas it is just to relieve all such Hindus from this legal incapacity of which they complain, and the removal of all legal obstacles to the marriage of Hindu widows will tend.....

Bengal Orphanages and Widows Homes Act, 1944 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1944

.....shall be instituted except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner of Police in Calcutta and the District Magistrate elsewhere. Section 10 Jurisdiction No court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class shall try an offence punishable under this Act. Section 11 Power to make rules (1) The [State] Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for the following matters, namely : (a) the form of licence to be granted under this Act; (b) the form of application for licence under sub-section (1) of section 5 and the particulars to be contained in such application; (c) the conditions subject to which licences may be granted; and (d) the formation of a society for the control and supervision of an orphanage, a widows' home or a marriage bureau under clause(a) of sub-section (2) of section 5. West Bengal State Acts

INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 51

Title: Division of intestate's property among widow, widower, children and parents

State: Central

Year: 1925

Section 51 - Division of intestate's property among widow, widower, children and parents 1 [51. Division of intestate'sproperty among widow, widower, children and parents (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), theproperty of which a Parsi dies intestate shall be divided,- (a) where such Parsi dies leaving a widow or widower andchildren, among the widow or widower, and children so that the widow or widowerand each child receive equal shares; (b) where such Parsi dies leaving children, but no widow orwidower, among the children in equal shares. (2) Where a Parsi dies leaving oneor both parents in addition to children or widow or widower and children, theproperty of which such Parsi dies intestate shall be so divided that the parent or each of the parents shall receive a shareequal to half the share of each child.] ___________________ 1. Substituted byAct 51 of 1991, section 3, for sections 51 and 52.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 33

Title: Where Intestate Has Left Widow and Lineal Descendants, or Widow and Kindred Only, or Widow and No Kindred

State: Central

Year: 1925

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 are of kindred to him, the whole of his property shall belong to his widow. ___________________ 1. Inserted by Act 40 of 1926, section 2.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 55

Title: Division of Property Where Intestate Leaves Neither Lineal Descendants nor a Widow or Widower nor a Widow of Any Lineal Descendant

State: Central

Year: 1925

Section 55 - Division of property where intestate leaves neither lineal descendants nor a widow or widower nor a widow of any lineal descendant When a Parsi dies leaving neither lineal descendants nor awidow or widower nor 1 [awidow or widower of any lineal descendant], his or her next-of-kin, in the order set forth in Part II of Schedule II, shall be entitled to succeed to the whole of the property ofwhich he or she dies intestate. The next-of-kinstanding first in Part II of that Schedule shall be preferred to those standing second, the second to thethird, and so on in succession, provided that the property shall be so distributed that 1 [each male and female standing inthe same degree of propinquity shallreceive equal shares]. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 1991, section 5.

HINDU WIDOWS' REMARRIAGE (REPEAL) ACT, 1983 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1983

HINDU WIDOWS' RE-MARRIAGE (REPEAL) ACT, 1983 HINDU WIDOWS' RE-MARRIAGE (REPEAL) ACT, 1983 An Act to repeal the Hindu Widows' Re-marriage Act, 1856. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called The Hindu Widows' Re-marriage (Repeal) Act, 1983. SECTION 02: REPEAL OF ACT 15 OF 1856 The Hindu Widows' Re-marriage Act, 1856 is hereby repealed. Central Bare Acts

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 33A

Title: Special Provision Where Intestate Has Left Widow and No Lineal Descendants

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....and administration expenses of theintestate, and allother lawfulliabilities and charges to which the property shall besubject. (5) This section shall not apply- (a) to the property of- (i) any Indian Christian, (ii) any child or grandchild of any male person who is orwas at the time ofhis death an IndianChristian, or (iii) any person professing the Hindu,Buddhist,Sikh or Jaina religion the succession to whose property is, under section 24 of the Special Marriage Act,1872 (3of 1872) regulated by the provisions ofthis Act; (b) unless the deceased dies intestate in respect of all his property.] ___________________ 1. Inserted by Act 40 of 1926, section 3.

Estate Duty Act, 1953 [Repealed] Section 32

Title: Exemption of Interest of a Hindu Widow Devolving Upon Reversioners in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1953

Where on the death of any person governed by any school of Hindu law, his interest in any property has devolved on his widow, then, if the widow dies within seven years of her husband's death and the interest aforesaid devolves upon the reversioners or any of them, no estate duty shall be leviable in respect of the passing of the interest aforesaid on the death of the widow, if and in so far as estate duty had been paid in respect of the passing of such interest on the death of her husband.

BOMBAY HINDU HEIRS' RELIEF ACT, 1866, (Maharashtra) Section 4

Title: Husband of the Hindu Widow not liable for the debt of deceased former husband

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1866

No person who has married a Hindu widow shall, merely by reason of such marriage, be liable for any of the debts of any prior deceased husband of such widow * * * *1 ______________________ 1 The rest of section4 which was as follows:-"and the provisions of this section may be used as a defense by any such person who shall be defendant in a s(sic) which may be pending as the time when this act comes into operation, and in which the sought to make such person liable for any such debts merely reason of his having married such Hindu widow and in which suit judgment shall not have been pronounced before this Act comes into operation, and with regard to the costs of any suits to which the provisions of this section shall apply, the same shall be deals with by the court which makes the degree in the suit, in the same way as such costs would have been dealt with had a degree been made in such suit before this Act had into cooperation" was repealed by the repealing Act,1873