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Bare Act · 28 sections

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Hindu Succession)

Chapter I — Preliminary

  1. 1. Short title and extent
  2. 2. Application of Act
  3. 3. Definitions and interpretation
  4. 4. Overriding effect of Act

Chapter II — Intestate Succession

  1. 5. Act not to apply to certain properties
  2. 6. Devolution of interest in coparcenary property
  3. 7. Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom
  4. 8. General rules of succession in the case of males
  5. 9. Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule
  6. 10. Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule
  7. 11. Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule
  8. 12. Order of succession among agnates and cognates
  9. 13. Computation of degrees
  10. 14. Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property
  11. 15. General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus
  12. 16. Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu
  13. 17. Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and atiyasantana laws
  14. 18. Full blood preferred to half blood
  15. 19. Mode of succession of two or more heirs
  16. 20. Right of child in womb
  17. 21. Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
  18. 22. Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases
  19. 25. Murderer disqualified
  20. 26. Convert’s descendants disqualified
  21. 27. Succession when heir disqualified
  22. 28. Disease, defect, etc., not to disqualify
  23. 29. Failure of heirs

Chapter III — Testamentary Succession

  1. 30. Testamentary succession

Source: official text.