Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Succession Act, 1925

Part IX · Chapter I · Of Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration

223Persons to whom probate cannot be granted.

Section 223 · Part IX · Chapter I · page 70 of the Act

Probate cannot be granted to any person who is a minor or is of unsound mind 2[nor to any association of individuals unless it is a company which satisfies the conditions prescribed by rules to be made 3[,by notification in the Official Gazette] by the 4[State Government] in this behalf].

2 Added by Act 17 of 1931, s. 2., The words “nor, unless the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, to a married woman without the previous consent of her husband” which originally occurred at the end of this section had been omitted by Act 18 of 1927, s. 2.

3 Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).

4 The words “G.G. in C.” have been successively amended by the A.O. 1937 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.

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