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 106: Legacy does not lapse if one of two joint legatees die before testator.
    If a legacy is given to two persons jointly, and one of them dies before the testator, the other legatee takes the whole.
     Illustration
     The legacy is simply to A and B. A dies before the testator. B takes the legacy.
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