* THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT * (Act 39 of 1925) * General Contents * Preface to the Tenth Edition * Preface to the Ninth Edition * Preface to the Eight Edition * Preface to the Fifth Edition * Table of Cases * Subject Index * THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Preamble * Part I Preliminary * Part II Of Domicile * Part III Marriage * Part IV Of Consanguinity * Part V Intestate succession * Chapter 1 ? Preliminary * Chapter 2 ? Rules in cases of intestates other than Parsis * Chapter 3 ? Special rules for parsi intestates * Part VI Testamentary Succession * Chapter 1 ? Introductory * Chapter 2 ? Of Wills and Codicils * Chapter 3 ? Of the Execution of Unprivileged Wills * Chapter 4 ? Of Privileged Wills * Chapter 5 ? Of the attestation, revocation, alteration and revival of wills * xviii General Contents Chapter 6 ? Of the Construction of Wills Chapter 7 ? Of Void Bequests * Chapter 8 ? Of the Vesting of Legacies * Chapter 9 ? Of Onerous bequests * Chapter 10 ? Of Contingent Bequests * Chapter 11 ? Of Conditional Bequests * Chapter 12 ? Of Bequests with directions as to application or enjoyment * Chapter 13 ? Of Bequests to an Executor * Chapter 14 ? Of Specific Legacies * Chapter 15 ? Of Demonstrative Legacies * Chapter 16 ? Of Ademption of Legacies * Chapter 17 ? Of the payment of liabilities in respect of the subject of a bequest * Chapter 18 ? Of Bequests of things described in general terms * Chapter 19 ? Of Bequests of the interest of produce of a fund * Chapter 20 ? Of Bequests of Annuities * Chapter 21 ? Of Legacies to Creditors and Portioners * Chapter 22 ? Of Election * Chapter 23 ? Of gifts in contemplation of death * Part VII Protection of Property of Deceased * Part VIII Representative Title to property of deceased on succession * Part IX Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased * Chapter 1 ? Of Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration * Chapter 2 ? Of Limited Grants * Chapter 3 ? Alteration and Revocation of Grants * Chapter 4 ? Of the practice in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration * Chapter 5 ? Of Executors of their own wrong * Chapter 6 ? Of the Powers of an Executor or Administrator * Contents xix Chapter 7 ? Of the duties of an Executor or Administrator * Chapter 8 ? Of Assent to a Legacy by Executor or Administrator * Chapter 9 ? Of the Payment and Apportionment of Annuities * Chapter 10 ? Of the investment of funds to provide for Legacies * Chapter 11 ? Of the Produce and Interest of Legacies Chapter 12 ? Of the Refunding of Legacies * Chapter 13 ? Of the liability of an Executor or Administrator for Devastation * Part X Succession Certificates * Part XI Miscellaneous * Schedule to the act Schedule I ? Table of Consanguinity * Schedule II ? ? Part I * Part II * Schedule III ? Provisions of Part VI Applicable to Certain Wills and Codicils Described in Section 57 * Schedule IV ? Form of Certificate * Schedule V ? Form of Caveat * Schedule VI ? Form of Probate * Schedule VII ? Form of Letters of Administration * Schedule VIII ? Form of Certificate and Extended Certificate * Schedule IX ? Enactments repealed * Appendix I Bombay High Court Original Side Rules * Appendix II Calcutta Original Side Rules * Appendix III Madras Original Side Rules * Appendix IV Delhi High Court Rules and Orders * Subject Index