Hindu Succession Act,1956

Act No : 30

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Section : Special provisions respecting persons governed by Marumakkattayam and Aliyasantana laws

17 Special provisions respecting persons governed by Marumakkattayam and Aliyasantana laws

The provisions of section 8,10,15 and 23 shall have effect in relation to persons who would have been governed by the marumakkattayam law or aliyasantana law if this Act had not been passed as if-

(i) for sub-clauses (c) and (d) of section 8, the following had been substituted namely:-

"(c) thirdly, if there is no heir of any of the two clauses, then upon is relatives, whether agnates or cognates”;

(ii) for clauses (a) to (e) of sub section (1)of section 15, the following had been substituted namely:-

(a) “firstly, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any predeceased son or daughter) and the mother ;

(b) secondly, upon the father and the husband;

(c) thirdly, upon the heirs of the mother;

(d) fourthly, upon the heirs of the father; and

(e) lastly, upon the heirs of the husband";

(iii) clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 15 had been omitted;

(iv) section 23 had been omitted.

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