Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Succession Act, 1925

Part VI · Chapter XXI · Of Legacies to creditors and Portioners

179No ademption by-subsequent provision for legatee.

Section 179 · Part VI · Chapter XXI · page 61 of the Act

No bequest shall be wholly or partially adeemed by a subsequent provision made by settlement or otherwise for the legatee.

Illustrations

(i) A bequeaths 20,000 rupees to his son B. He afterwards gives to B the sum of 20,000 rupees. The legacy is not thereby adeemed.

(ii) A bequeaths 40,000 rupees to B, his orphan niece whom he had brought up from her infancy. Afterwards, on the occasion of B’s marriage, A settles upon her the sum of 30,000 rupees. The legacy is not thereby diminished.

Section 179 of The Indian Succession Act, 1925 is reproduced in full above, as printed by India Code, with its footnotes and amendment markers. Read the whole Act, or browse every Act on Mera Samvidhaan.