Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Bare Act · 1956
An Act to amend and codify the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus.
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- Act number
- 30 of 1956
- Enacted
- 17 June 1956
- Contents
- 31 sections · 4 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title and extent
- Section 2 – Application of Act
- Section 3 – Definitions and interpretation
- Section 4 – Overriding effect of Act General
Chapter II — Intestate Succession
- Section 5 – Act not to apply to certain properties
- Section 6 – Devolution of interest in coparcenary property (preview)
- Section 7 – Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaruorillom (preview)
- Section 8 – General rules of succession in the case of males (preview)
- Section 9 – Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule (preview)
- Section 10 – Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule (preview)
- Section 11 – Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule (preview)
- Section 12 – Order of succession among agnates and congnates (preview)
- Section 13 – Computation of degrees (preview)
- Section 14 – Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property (preview)
- Section 15 – General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus (preview)
- Section 16 – Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu (preview)
- Section 17 – Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws General provisions relating to succession (preview)
- Section 18 – Full blood preferred to half blood (preview)
- Section 19 – Mode of succession of two or more heirs (preview)
- Section 20 – Right of child in womb (preview)
- Section 21 – Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths (preview)
- Section 22 – Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases (preview)
- Section 23 – [Omitted.] (preview)
- Section 24 – [Omitted.] (preview)
- Section 25 – Murderer disqualified (preview)
- Section 26 – Convert’s descendants disqualified (preview)
- Section 27 – Succession when heir disqualified (preview)
- Section 28 – Disease, defect, etc., not to disqualify Escheat (preview)
- Section 29 – Failure of heirs (preview)
Chapter III — Testamentary Succession
- Section 30 – Testamentary succession (preview)