166 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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Succession to the property of male Marumakkattayis, etc.
105 A. Rules of succession to male Marumakkattayis, etc. dying intestate. —Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter the separate or self-acquired property of a male Hindu who dies intestate in respect thereof, shall—
(a) in the case of a person to whom the Marumakkattayam or Aliyasantana law would have applied if this Code had not been passed, devolve in the order and according to the rules contained in sections 105-C to 105-1 inclusive; and
(b) in the case of a person to whom the Nambudri law would have applied if this Code had not been passed, devolve in the order and according to the rules set out in section 105-J.
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105 B. Lineal descendant defined. —In sections 105C to 105J inclusive and in section 109A and 109B, the expression “lineal descendant”, used with reference to any person, means any descendant of that person, whether in the male or female line or partly in the male and partly in the female line, and includes any child of that person.
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105 C. Devolution of property, where there is a lineal descen- dant. —(1) Where the intestate has left him surviving a lineal descendant or descendants and his mother or a widow or widows or both his mother and a widow or widows, the whole of the intestate’s property shall devolve on them.
(2) In the absence of the mother and widow, the whole of the property shall devolve on the lineal descendant or descendants.
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105 D. Rules of distribution. —Where there is a lineal descendant, the distribution of the property among the heirs referred to in section 105C shall be made in accordances with the following rules, namely:—
(a) each child (son or daughter) shall be entitled to an equal share;
(b) where a child has predeceased the intestate, the lineal descendants of such child shall, subject to the provisions of clause (e), be entitled to the share which the child would have taken had he or she survived the intestate;
(c) grand-children of the intestate by a deceased child shall be entitled in equal shares to what such child would have taken had he or she survived the intestate;