DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 155
PART VII.—SUCCESSION
CHAPTER I
General
94. Certain estates excluded from operation of Part. — This Part shall not apply to.—
(i) agricultural land in Governors’ Provinces; or
Part II, sec. 1, page 2.
(ii) any estate which descends to a single heir by a customary rule of succession or by the terms of any grant or enactment.
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95. Application of Part. —Save as provided in section 94, this Part regulates the succession to the property of a Hindu dying intestate after the commencement of this Code in the following cases, namely :—
Part II, sec. 3, page 3.
(a) where the property is movable properly, unless it is proved that the intestate was not domiciled in any of the Provinces of India at the time of his or her death ;
(b) where the property is immovable property situate in any of the Provinces of India, whether the intestate was domiciled in any of the Provinces of India at the time of his or her death or not.
Explanation. —For the purposes of this Part, the domicile of a Hindu shall be determined in accordance with the provisions contained in section 6 to
18, both inclusive, of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX of 1925).
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96. No distinction between divided and undivided sons, etc., for purposes of succession. —For purposes of intestate succession, no distinction shall be made,—
Part II, sec.
7, (Rules
2 and 4, page
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(1) between a son who was divided and a son who was undivided from the intestate or between a son who was divided and a son who was reunited with him;
(2) between a female heir who is married and one who is unmarried or a female heir who is a widow and one who is not a widow or between a female heir who is poor and one who is rich or between a female heir with issue and one without issue or possibility of issue.
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