Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Commission of Sati (Prevention ) Act, 1987

Year: 1988

Enactment Date: 1988-01-03

Long Title: An Act to provide for the more effective prevention of the commission of sati and its glorification and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 18: Person convicted of an offence under section 4 to be disqualified from inheriting certain properties.
    A person convicted of an offence under sub-section (1) of section 4 in relation to the commission of sati shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of the person in respect of whom such sati has been committed or the property of any other person which he would have been entitled to inherit on the death of the person in respect of whom such sati has been committed.
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