Act Number: 39

Act Name: The Indian Succession Act, 1925

Year: 1925

Enactment Date: 1925-09-30

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

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 50: General principles relating to intestate succession.
    1[50. General principles relating to intestate succession.--For the purpose of intestate succession among Parsis--
         (a) there is no distinction between those who were actually born in the lifetime of a person deceased and those who at the date of his death were only conceived in the womb, but who have been subsequently born alive;
         (b) a lineal descendant of an intestate who has died in the lifetime of the intestate without leaving a widow or widower or any lineal descendant or 2[a widow or widower of any lineal descendant] shall not be taken into account in determining the manner in which the property of which the intestate has died intestate shall be divided; and
         (c) where a 3[widow or widower of any relative] of an intestate has married again in the lifetime of the intestate, 4[such widow or widower] shall not be entitled to receive any share of the property of which the intestate has died intestate, and 4[such widow or widower] shall be deemed not to be existing at the intestate's death.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 17 of 1939, s. 2, for sections 50 to 56 (w.e.f. 12-6-1939).
2. Subs. by Act 51 of 1991, s. 2, for "a widow of any lineal descendant" (w.e.f. 9-12-1991).
3. Subs. s. 2, ibid., for "widow of any relative" (w.e.f. 9-12-1991).
4. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "she" (w.e.f. 9-12-1991).
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