September 12, 2026

Schedule III – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Provisions of Part VI Applicable to Certain Wills and Codicils Described in Section 57

The Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Schedule III

Provisions of Part VI Applicable to Certain Wills and Codicils Described in Section 57

(See section 57)

Sections 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 95, 96, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189 and 190.

Restrictions and modifications in application of foregoing sections

  1. Nothing therein contained shall authorise a testator to bequeath property which he could not have alienated inter vivos, or to deprive any persons of any right of maintenance of which, but for the application of these sections, he could not deprive them by will.
  2. Nothing therein contained shall authorise any Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina to create in property any interest which he could not have created before the first day of September, 1870.
  3. Nothing therein contained shall affect any law of adoption or intestate succession.
  4. In applying section 70, the words “than by marriage or” shall be omitted.
  5. In applying sections 75, 76, 105, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 and 116 to such Wills and codicils, the words “son”, “sons”, “child” and “children” shall be deemed to include an adopted child; and “grand-children” shall be deemed to include the children, whether adopted or natural-born, of a child whether adopted or natural-born; and the expression “daughter-in-law” shall be deemed to include the wife of an adopted son.