Hindu Succession Act, 1956
हिंदू उत्तराधिकार अधिनियम, 1956
Who inherits the property of a Hindu who dies without a will, including daughters' rights in coparcenary property.
- 28 sections
- 4 chapters
- Act No. 30 of 1956
Chapters and sections
1PreliminarySections 1 to 4
2Intestate successionSections 5 to 29
- 5Act not to apply to certain properties
- 6Devolution of interest in coparcenary property
- 7Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaruorillom
- 8General rules of succession in the case of males
- 9Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule
- 10Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule
- 11Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule
- 12Order of succession among agnates and congnates
- 13Computation of degrees
- 14Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property
- 15General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus
- 16Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu
- 17Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws
- 18Full blood preferred to half blood
- 19Mode of succession of two or more heirs
- 20Right of child in womb
- 21Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
- 22Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases
- 23OmittedOmitted
- 24OmittedOmitted
- 25Murderer disqualified
- 26Convert’s descendants disqualified
- 27Succession when heir disqualified
- 28Disease, defect, etc., not to disqualify
- 29Failure of heirs
3Testamentary successionSection 30
4RepealsSection 31
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