Section 188:
Payment to survivors of joint payees.
When any debenture or security issued under this Act
is payable to two or more persons jointly, and either or any of them dies, then notwithstanding anything in
section 45 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), the debenture or security shall be payable to the
survivor or survivors of such person :
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect any claim by the legal representative of a deceased
person against such survivor or survivors.