DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 173
Succession to the property of a Hindu woman
106. Heirs of a Hindu woman. —Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the property of a Hindu woman dying intestate shall devolve—
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(a) firstly, upon the husband and children, including the children of any predeceased child, and
(b) secondly, if there is no heir specified in clause (a), then, upon the heirs specified in section 109 in the order named therein.
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107. Division of shares among heirs. —(1) Where a Hindu woman diesintestate leaving husband and children, the property of which she dies intestate shall be divided among her husband and children so that they share equally.
(2) Where a Hindu woman dies intestate leaving children but no husband, the property of which she dies intestate shall be divided among the children, so that they share equally.
(3) If any child of a Hindu woman dying intestate has died in her life time, leaving children alive at the time of her death, the children of such child shall take the share which such child would have taken if living at the intestate’s death.
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108. Husband succeeds where no children. —Where a Hindu woman dies Intestate leaving husband but no children, including children of any predeceased child entitled to succeed under section 107, the property of which she dies intestate shall devolve upon the husband.
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