Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Succession Act, 1925

Part V · Chapter III · Special Rules for Parsi Intestates

501[General principles relating to intestate succession.

Section 50 · Part V · Chapter III · pages 25–26 of the Act

For the purpose of intestate succession among Parsis—

(a) there is no distinction between those who were actually born in the lifetime of a person deceased and those who at the date of his death were only conceived in the womb, but who have been subsequently born alive;

(b) a lineal descendant of an intestate who has died in the lifetime of the intestate without leaving a widow or widower or any lineal descendant or 1[a widow or widower of any lineal descendant] shall not be taken into account in determining the manner in which the property of which the intestate has died intestate shall be divided; and

(c) where a 2[widow or widower of any relative] of an intestate has married again in the lifetime of the intestate, 3[such widow or widower] shall not be entitled to receive any share of the property of which the intestate has died intestate, and 3[such widow or widower] shall be deemed not to be existing at the intestate’s death.

Page 25

1 Subs. by Act 17 of 1939, s. 2, for sections 50 to 56 (w.e.f. 12-6-1939).

Page 26

1 Subs. by Act 51 of 1991, s. 2, for “a widow of any lineal descendant” (w.e.f. 9-12-1991).

2 Subs. s. 2, ibid., for “widow of any relative” (w.e.f. 9-12-1991).

3 Subs. by Act 51 of 1991, s. 2, for “she” (w.e.f. 9-12-1991).

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