The Draft Hindu Code Bill by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar along with the then existing Hindu Code as amended by the Select Committee - Page 194

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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.

Part I, sec. 11, page

9.

(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.

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