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 143: Bequest of certain sum where stocks, etc., in which invested are described.
    Where a certain sum is bequeathed, the legacy is not specific merely because the stock, funds or securities in which it is invested are described in the will.
     Illustration
     A bequeaths to B--
     "10,000 rupees of my funded property":
     "10,000 rupees of my property now invested in shares of the East Indian Railway Company":
     "10,000 rupees, at present secured by mortgage of Rampur factory",
     No one of these legacies is specific.
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