Indian Succession Act, 1925

Chapter PART 6

TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION

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Section 57

Application of certain provisions of Part to a class of wills made by Hindus, etc.

¹[57. Application of certain provisions of Part to a class of wills made by Hindus, etc.--The provisions of this Part which are set out in Schedule III shall, subject to the restrictions and modifications specified therein, apply--

(a) to all wills and codicils made by any Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina, on or after the first day of September, 1870, within the territories which at the said date were subject to the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal or within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Courts of Judicature at Madras and Bombay; and

(b) to all such wills and codicils made outside those territories and limits so far as relates to immoveable property situate within those territories or limits, ²[and

(c) to all wills and codicils made by any Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina on or after the first day of January, 1927, to which those provisions are not applied by clauses (a) and (b):]

Provided that marriage shall not revoke any such will or codicil.]

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Footnote

Sub-section (1) renumbered as section 57 thereof by Act 18 of 1929, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-10-1929) which was earlier renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 37 of 1926, s. 2 (w.e.f. 9-9-1926).
Added by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1929).
Sub-section (2) omitted by Act 18 of 1929, s. 3 (w.e.f .1-10-1929) which was earlier inserted by Act 37 of 1926, s. 2 (w.e.f. 9- 9-1926).

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