224 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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EIGHTH SCHEDULE
P REFERENTIAL H EIRS
Class I
( See section 98)
Son; widow: * (a) daughter; son of a predeceased son; widow of a predeceased son; son of a predeceased son of a predeceased son; widow of a predeceased son of a predeceased son.
Class II
(See section 98)
I. Father ; mother.* (b)
II. (1) Son’s daughter, (2) daughter’s son, (3) daughter’s daughter.
III. (1) Son’s daughter’s son, (2) son’s son’s daughter, (3) son’s daughter’s daughter, (4) brother, (5) sister.
IV. (1) Daughter’s son’s son, (2) daughter’s son’s daughter, (3) daughter’s daughter’s son, (4) daughter’s daughter’s daughter.
V. (1) Brother’s son, (2) sister’s son, (3) brother’s daughter and (4) sister’s daughter.
VI. Father’s father; father’s mother.
VII. Father’s widow; brother’s widow.
VIII. Father’s brother; father’s sister.
IX. Mother’s father; mother’s mother.
X. Mother’s brother; mother’s sister.
Explanation. —In this Schedule, references to a brother or sister, do not include references to a brother or sister by uterine blood.
*Corrected as (a) ‘un-married daughter’ and (b) ‘ married daughter’ by Dr. Ambedkar in his personal copy.