Indian Succession Act,1925
Act No : 39
Section :
Privileged wills.
65. Privileged wills.-Any soldier being employed in an expeditionor engaged in actual warfare, 1*[or an airman so employed or engaged,]or any mariner being at sea, may, if he has completed the age ofeighteen years, dispose of his property by a will made in the mannerprovided in section 66. Such wills are called privileged wills.---------------------------------------------------------------------1 Ins. by Act 10 of 1927, s. 2 and Sch. I.---------------------------------------------------------------------73 Illustrations (i) A, a medical officer attached to a regiment is actuallyemployed in an expedition. He is a soldier actually employed in anexpedition, and can make a privileged will. (ii) A is at sea in a merchant-ship, of which he is the purser.He is a mariner, and, being at sea, can make a privileged will. (iii) A, a soldier serving in the field against insurgents, is asoldier engaged in actual warfare, and as such can make a privilegedwill. (iv) A, a mariner of a ship, in the course of a voyage, istemporarily on shore while she is lying in harbour. He is, for thepurposes of this section, a mariner at sea, and can make a privilegedwill. (v) A, an admiral who commands a naval force, but who lives onshore, and only occasionally goes on board his ship, is not consideredas at sea, and cannot make a privileged will. (vi) A, a mariner serving on a military expedition, but not beingat sea, is considered as a soldier, and can make a privileged will.
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