Indian Succession Act 1925

An Act to consolidate the law applicable to intestate and testamentary succession. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate the law applicable to intestate and testamentary succession; it is hereby enacted as follows :_

S.1 Short title

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Power of State Government to exempt any race, sect or tribe in the State from operation of Act

S.4 Application of Part

S.5 Law regulating succession to deceased persons immoveable and movable property, respectively

S.6 One domicile only affects succession to movables

S.7 Domicile of origin of person of legitimate birth

S.8 Domicile of origin of illegitimate child

S.9 Continuance of domicile of origin

S.10 Acquisition of new domicile

S.11 Special mode of acquiring domicile in India

S.12 Domicile not acquired by residence as representative of foreign Government, or as part of his family

S.13 Continuance of new domicile

S.14 Minors domicile

S.15 Domicile acquired by woman on marriage

S.16 Wifes domicile during marriage

S.17 Minors acquisition of new domicile

S.18 Lunatics acquisition of new domicile

S.19 Succession to movable property in India in absence of proof of domicile elsewhere

S.20 Interests and powers not acquired nor lost by marriage

S.21 Effect of marriage between person domiciled and one not domiciled in India

S.22 Settlement of minors property in contemplation of marriage

S.23 Application of Part

S.24 Kindred of consanguinity

S.25 Lineal consanguinity

S.26 Collateral consanguinity

S.27 Persons held for purpose of succession to be similarly related to deceased

S.28 Mode of computing of degrees of kindred

S.29 Application of Part

S.30 As to what property deceased considered to have died intestate

S.31 Chapter not to apply to Parsis

S.32 Devolution of such property

S.33-A Special provision where intestate has left widow and no lineal descendants

S.33 Where intestate has left widow and lineal descendants, or widow and kindred only, or widow and no kindred

S.34 Where intestate has left no widow, and where he has left no kindred

S.35 Rights of widower

S.36 Rules of distribution

S.37 Where intestate has left child or children only

S.38 Where intestate has left no child, but grandchild or grandchildren

S.39 Where intestate has left only great-grandchildren or remoter lineal descendants

S.40 Where intestate leaves lineal descendants not all in same degree of kindred to him, and those through whom the more remote are descended are dead

S.41 Rules of distribution where intestate has left no lineal descendants

S.42 Where intestates father living

S.43 Where intestates father dead, but his mother, brothers and sisters living

S.44 Where intestates father dead and his mother, a brother or sister, and children of any deceased brother or sister, living

S.45 Where intestates father dead and his mother and children of any deceased brother or sister living

S.46 Where intestates father dead, but his mother living and no brother, sister, nephew or niece

S.47 Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother

S.48 Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor parent, nor brother, nor sister

S.49 Childrens advancements not brought into hotchpot

S.50 General principles relating to intestate succession

S.51 Division of intestates property among widow, widower, children and parents

S.52 [x x x x]

S.53 Division of share of predeceased child of intestate leaving lineal descendants

S.54 Division of property where intestate leaves no lineal descendant but leaves a widow or widower or a widow or widowor of any lineal descendant

S.55 Division of property where intestate leaves neither lineal descendants nor a widow or widower nor a widow or widower of any lineal descendant

S.56 Division of property where there is no relative entitled to succeed under the other provisions of this Chapter

S.57 Application of certain provisions of Part to a class of wills made by Hindus, etc

S.58 General application of Part

S.59 Person capable of making wills

S.60 Testamentary guardian

S.61 Will obtained by fraud, coercion or importunity

S.62 Will may be revoked or altered

S.63 Execution of Unprivileged wills

S.64 Incorporation of papers by reference

S.65 Privileged wills

S.66 Mode of making, and rules for executing, privileged wills

S.67 Effect of gift to attesting witness

S.68 Witness not disqualified by interest or by being executor

S.69 Revocation of will by testators marriage

S.70 Revocation of unprivileged will or codicil

S.71 Effect of obliteration, interlineation or alteration in unprivileged wil

S.72 Revocation of privileged will or codicil

S.73 Revival of unprivileged will

S.74 Wording of will

S.75 Inquiries to determine questions as to object or subject of will

S.76 Misnomer or misdescription of object

S.77 When words may be supplied

S.78 Rejection of erroneous particulars in description of subject

S.79 When part of description may not be rejected as erroneous