An Act to amend and codify the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the seventh year of republic of India as follows
Section 1 of Hindu Succession Act "Short title and extent"
Section 1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu
Succession Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of
Jammu and Kashmir
Section 2 Application of Act Section 3 Definitions and interpretations
Section 4 Overriding effect of Act
Section 5 Act not to apply to certain properties
Section 6 Devolution of interest of coparcenary property
Section 7 Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom
Section 8 General rules of succession in the case of males
Section 9 Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule
Section 10 Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule
Section 11 Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule
Section 21 Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
Section 22 Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases
Section 25 Murderer disqualified
Section 26 Convert's descendants disqualified
Section 27 decided Succession when heir disqualified
Section 28 Disease, defect, etc. not to disqualify
Section 30 Testamentary Succession
Schedule Heirs in Class I and Class II
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