178 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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109B. Rules of succession to Nambudri female dying intestate. — Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the separate or selfacquired property of a female Hindu who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been governed by the Nambudri law, shall, if she dies intestate in respect thereof, devolve in the order, and in accordance with the rules, specified below, namely :—
(a) where the intestate has left her surviving any lineal descendant or descendants, the whole of the property shall devolve on such descendant or descendants in accordance with the rules specified in clause (a) to (e) of section 105D.
(b) in the absence of any lineal descendant, the property shall devolve on her husband;
(c) in the absence of the husband, the property shall devolve upon the heirs in the order, and in accordance with the rules, specified in section
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Succession to the property of a hermit
110. Rules for hermits, etc. —(1) Where a person completely and finally renounces the world by becoming a hermit or an ascetic or a perpetual religious student his property shall devolve upon his heirs, in the same order and according to the same rules as would have applied if he had died intestate in respect thereof at the time of such renunciation.
(2) Any property acquired by such a person after his renunciation shall devolve on his death, not upon his relatives, but as follows:
(a) In the case of a hermit upon a spiritual brother belonging to the same hermitage;
(b) In the case of an ascetic subject to any custom or usage governing the case, upon his virtuous disciple; and
(c) In the case of a perpetual religious student, upon his preceptor.