Indian Succession Act, 1925 – Table of Contents
Complete section index of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Sections are arranged strictly vertically and in section-number order. Repealed or omitted provisions remain visible where a section page exists. The index is generated from the published section pages, with pagination for easier browsing.
Section 1 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Short Title
Section 2 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Definitions
Section 3 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Power of State Government to Exempt
Section 4 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Application of Part II
Section 5 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Law Regulating Succession to Deceased Person’s Property
Section 6 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: One Domicile Only Affects Succession to Moveables
Section 7 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Domicile of Origin of Person of Legitimate Birth
Section 8 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Domicile of Origin of Illegitimate Child
Section 9 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Continuance of Domicile of Origin
Section 10 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Acquisition of New Domicile
Section 11 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Special Mode of Acquiring Domicile in India
Section 12 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Domicile Not Acquired by Residence as Representative of Foreign Government
Section 13 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Continuance of New Domicile
Section 14 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Minor’s Domicile
Section 15 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Domicile Acquired by Woman on Marriage
Section 16 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Wife’s Domicile During Marriage
Section 17 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Minor’s Acquisition of New Domicile
Section 18 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Lunatic’s Acquisition of New Domicile
Section 19 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Succession to Moveable Property in India in Absence of Proof of Domicile Elsewhere
Section 20 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Interests and Powers Not Acquired Not Lost by Marriage
Section 21 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Effect of Marriage Between Person Domiciled and One Not Domiciled in India
Section 22 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Settlement of Minor’s Property in Contemplation of Marriage
Section 23 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Application of Part IV
Section 24 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Kindred or Consanguinity
Section 25 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Lineal Consanguinity
Section 26 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Collateral Consanguinity
Section 27 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Persons Held for Purpose of Succession to be Similarly Related to Deceased
Section 28 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Mode of Computing of Degrees of Kindred
Section 29 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Application of Part V
Section 30 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: As to What Property Deceased Considered to Have Died Intestate
Section 31 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Chapter Not to Apply to Parsis
Section 32 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Devolution of Such Property
Section 33 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left Widow and Lineal Descendants
Section 33A – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Special Provision Where Intestate Has Left Widow and No Lineal Descendants
Section 34 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left No Widow
Section 35 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Rights of Widower
Section 36 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Rules of Distribution
Section 37 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left Child or Children Only
Section 38 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left No Child, But Grandchild or Grandchildren
Section 39 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left Only Great-Grandchildren or Remoter Lineal Descendants
Section 40 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Leaves Lineal Descendants Not All in Same Degree of Kindred
Section 41 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Rules of Distribution Where Intestate Has Left No Lineal Descendants
Section 42 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate’s Father Living
Section 43 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate’s Father Dead, But Mother, Brothers and Sisters Living
Section 44 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate’s Father Dead and Mother, Brother or Sister, and Children of Deceased Brother or Sister Living
Section 45 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate’s Father Dead and Mother and Children of Deceased Brother or Sister Living
Section 46 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate’s Father Dead, But Mother Living and No Brother, Sister, Nephew or Niece
Section 47 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left Neither Lineal Descendant, Nor Father, Nor Mother
Section 48 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Where Intestate Has Left Neither Lineal Descendant, Nor Parent, Nor Brother, Nor Sister
Section 49 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Children’s Advancements Not Brought into Hotchpot
Section 50 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: General Principles Relating to Intestate Succession Among Parsis
Section 51 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Division of Intestate’s Property Among Widow, Widower, Children and Parents
Section 53 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Division of Share of Predeceased Child of Intestate Leaving Lineal Descendants
Section 54 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Division of Property Where Intestate Leaves No Lineal Descendant But Leaves a Widow or Widower
Section 55 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Division of Property Where Intestate Leaves Neither Lineal Descendants Nor a Widow or Widower
Section 56 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Division of Property Where There Is No Relative Entitled to Succeed
Section 57 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Application of Certain Provisions of Part to Wills Made by Hindus, etc.
Section 58 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: General Application of Part VI
Section 59 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Person Capable of Making Wills
Section 60 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Testamentary Guardian
Section 61 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Will Obtained by Fraud, Coercion or Importunity
Section 62 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Will May Be Revoked or Altered
Section 63 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Execution of Unprivileged Wills
Section 64 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Incorporation of Papers by Reference
Section 65 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Privileged Wills
Section 66 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Mode of Making, and Rules for Executing, Privileged Wills
Section 67 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Effect of Gift to Attesting Witness
Section 68 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Witness Not Disqualified by Interest or by Being Executor
Section 69 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Revocation of Will by Testator’s Marriage
Section 70 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Revocation of Unprivileged Will or Codicil
Section 71 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Effect of Obliteration, Interlineation or Alteration in Unprivileged Will
Section 72 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Revocation of Privileged Will or Codicil
Section 73 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Revival of Unprivileged Will
Section 74 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Wording of Will
Section 75 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Inquiries to Determine Questions as to Object or Subject of Will
Section 76 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Misnomer or Misdescription of Object
Section 77 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: When Words May Be Supplied
Section 78 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Rejection of Erroneous Particulars in Description of Subject
Section 79 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: When Part of Description May Not Be Rejected as Erroneous
Section 80 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Extrinsic Evidence Admissible in Cases of Patent Ambiguity
Section 81 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Extrinsic Evidence Inadmissible in Case of Patent Ambiguity or Deficiency
Section 82 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Meaning of Clause to Be Collected from Entire Will
Section 83 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: When Words May Be Understood in Restricted Sense, and When in Sense Wider Than Usual
Section 84 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Which of Two Possible Constructions Preferred
Section 85 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: No Part Rejected, If It Can Be Reasonably Construed
Section 86 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Interpretation of Words Repeated in Different Parts of Will
Section 87 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Testator’s Intention to Be Effectuated as Far as Possible
Section 88 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: The Last of Two Inconsistent Clauses Prevails
Section 89 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Will or Bequest Void for Uncertainty
Section 90 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Words Describing Subject Refer to Property Answering Description at Testator’s Death
Section 91 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Power of Appointment Executed by General Bequest
Section 92 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Implied Gift to Objects of Power in Default of Appointment
Section 93 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Bequest to “Heirs”, etc., of Particular Person Without Qualifying Terms
Section 94 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Bequest to “Representatives”, etc., of Particular Person
Section 95 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Bequest Without Words of Limitation
Section 96 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Bequest in Alternative
Section 97 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Effect of Words Describing a Class Added to Bequest to Person
Section 98 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Bequest to Class of Persons Under General Description Only
Section 99 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Construction of Terms
Section 100 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Words Expressing Relationship Denote Only Legitimate Relatives
Schedules
- Schedule I – Table of Consanguinity
- Schedule II – Order of Next-of-Kin in Case of Parsi Intestates
- Schedule III – Provisions of Part VI Applicable to Certain Wills and Codicils Described in Section 57
- Schedule IV – Form of Certificate
- Schedule V – Form of Caveat
- Schedule VI – Form of Probate
- Schedule VII – Form of Letters of Administration
- Schedule VIII – Forms of Certificate and Extended Certificate
- Schedule IX – Enactments Repealed
- Schedules and Forms – consolidated page
