136 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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PART V.—JOINT FAMILY AND CO-PARCENARY
CHAPTER I
General
86. Abrogation of right by birth and survivorship generally. — Except in the cases and to the extent expressly provided in this Part, no Hindu shall, after the commencement of this Code, acquire any right to, or interest in—
(a) any property of an ancestor during his lifetime merely by reason of the fact that he is born in the family of the ancestor, or
(b) any joint family property which is founded on the rule of survivorship.
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87. Joint tenancy to be replaced generally by tenancy-in-com- mon. —Except in the cases and to the extent expressly provided in this Part,
- all persons holding, on the commencement of this Code, any property jointly as members of a joint family shall be deemed to hold the property as tenants-in-common, as if a partition had taken place between them as respects such property on such commencement and as if each one of them is holding his or her own share separately as full owner thereof;
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the right to maintenance and residence, if any, of the members of the joint family other than the persons who have become entitled to hold their shares separately, and any such right can be enforced as if this Code had not been passed.