Section 21
Succession to property of parties married under Act.
The Special Marriage Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to provide a special form of marriage in certain cases, for the registration of such and certain other marriages and for divorce.
Notwithstanding any restrictions
contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), with respect to its application to members of certain communities, succession to the property or any person whose marriage is solemnized under this
Act and to the property of the issue of such marriage shall be regulated by the provisions of the said Act
and for the purposes of this Act shall have effect as if Chapter III of Part V (Special Rules for Parsi
Intestates) had been omitted therefrom.