Section 351

Interest when no time fixed for payment of general legacy.

The Indian Succession Act, 1925

  • Act 39 of 1925
  • Ministry of Law and Justice
  • Legislative Department
About this Act

An Act to consolidate the law applicable to intestate and testamentary succession.

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    Where no time has been fixed for the payment of a general legacy, interest begins to run from expiration of one year from the testator's death.
     Exception.-- (1) Where the legacy is bequeathed in satisfaction of a debt, interest runs from the death of the testator.
     (2) Where the testator was a parent or a more remote ancestor of the legatee, or has put himself in the place of a parent of the legatee, the legacy shall bear interest from the death of the testator.
     (3) Where a sum is bequeathed to a minor with a direction to pay for his maintenance out of it, interest is payable from the death of the testator.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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