Act Number: 30

Act Name: The Hindu Succession Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-06-17

Long Title: An Act to amend and codify the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 26: Convert’s descendants disqualified.
Where, before or after the commencement of this Act, a Hindu has ceased or ceases to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion, children born to him or her after such conversion and their descendants shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of any of their Hindu relatives, unless such children or descendants are Hindus at the time when the succession opens.
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