The Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012
State Act of Goa · Act 23 of 2016429 provisions
The enactment
| Long title | To consolidate and amend the law of intestate and testamentary succession, notarial law and the laws relating to partition of an inheritance and matters connected therewith. |
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| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 23 of 2016 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Goa |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 429 |
| Subjects | civil, taxation, family |
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- Section 225 Relative incapacity-Disposition in favour of the Special Notary
- Section 226 Extent of nullity
- Section 227 Restrictions on impairment of mandatory share
- Section 228 Who may receive by will
- Section 229 Relevant time to determine capacity to acquire by will
- Section 230 Consequence of incompetence to acquire by legal succession
- Section 231 Consequences of refusal to act as executor or guardian or their removal
- Section 232 Capacity of corporate bodies
- Section 233 Fictitious disposition
- Section 234 Types of wills
- Section 235 Public will
- Section 236 Printed open will
- Section 237 Closed or sealed will
- Section 238 Incompetence to make a closed will
- Section 239 Failure to present the closed will
- Section 240 Fraudulent removal of will
- Section 241 Where the closed will is found open
- Section 242 Tampered or torn will
- Section 243 Presumption as to who is responsible
- Section 244 Torn will found amidst the effects of the testator
- Section 245 Wills under this Code to become operative upon death
- Section 247 To whom the office of head of the family belongs
- Section 248 When the guardian is appointed head of the family
- Section 249 Eldest of the spouses to be the head of the family
- Section 250 Special head of the family
- Section 251 Duty to initiate the inventory
- Section 252 When half of the income may be distributed
- Section 253 Rights and duties of the head of the family
- Section 254 Head of the family when there are only legacies
- Section 255 When the head of the family seeks exemption or is removed
- Section 256 Concealment of assets of the inheritance by the head of the family or heir
- Section 257 Fraudulent description
- Section 258 Fraudulent concealment of documents
- Section 259 Executor appointed by the testator
- Section 260 Who may be executor
- Section 261 Appointment of executor by court
- Section 262 Where the executor declines to accept the office
- Section 263 Time limit to decline appointment
- Section 264 When the executor may resign
- Section 265 Office of the executor is gratuitous
- Section 266 Impediments to become executor
- Section 267 Powers of the executor
- Section 268 General duties of the executor
- Section 269 Duty to initiate inventory
- Section 270 When the testator leaves forced heirs
- Section 271 Where the testator does not leave forced heirs
- Section 272 Time limit to carry out the will
- Section 273 Joint executors
- Section 274 Duty to render accounts
- Section 275 Office of executor not transferable or heritable
- Section 276 Accretion of remuneration
- Section 277 Expenses of the executor
- Section 278 When the executor is guilty of deceit or fraud
- Section 279 Effects of partition
- Section 280 Consequences of co-heir and moiety holder being deprived of possession
- Section 281 Limitation for suit for damages
- Section 282 Partition done out of court
- Section 284 Sale of share in undivided inheritance: right of pre-emption
- Section 285 Notice to moiety holder or co-heirs
- Section 286 Sham sale
- Section 287 Creation of easement
- Section 288 Definition of usufruct
- Section 289 Constitution of usufruct
- Section 290 Extinguishment of usufruct
- Section 292 Determination of usufruct
- Section 293 Emphyteusis
- Section 294 Divisibility of the emphyteusis
- Section 295 Acts contrary to law
- Section 296 District and Sub-Districts
- Section 297 Special Notaries
- Section 298 Offices of the District Special Notary and the Special Notary
- Section 299 Absence of District Special Notary
- Section 300 Absence of Special Notary
- Section 301 Seal of the District Special Notary and the Special Notary
- Section 302 State Special Notary
- Section 303 Qualifications
- Section 305 Status of the Special Notary
- Section 306 Evidentiary value of the documents drawn by the Special Notary
- Section 307 What instruments are to be drawn only by way of authentic document
- Section 307A Jurisdiction to draw instruments and deeds
- Section 308 Obligation of the State to provide books to the Special Notary
- Section 309 Books to be maintained by the Special Notary and District Special Notary
- Section 310 Requirement of the notarial books
- Section 311 Indexes to be maintained
- Section 312 Maintenance and preservation of books and other records
- Section 313 Special Notaries to allow inspection of indices and give certified copies
- Section 314 Power of the State Special Notary and District Notary to superintend and control Special Notaries
- Section 315 Powers of the Special Notaries
- Section 316 Power to administer oath
- Section 317 Incompetence to act
- Section 318 Duty of the Special Notary
- Section 319 When the Special Notary shall refuse to perform the act
- Section 320 Refusal to perform an act
- Section 321 Order of the District Special Notary
- Section 322 Suit in case of party being aggrieved by order of the District Special Notary
- Section 323 Who may be witnesses identifiers and certifiers
- Section 324 Requisites of authentic documents
- Section 325 How instruments are to be recorded
- Section 326 Dumb and deaf
- Section 327 Identification of the testator and his condition
- Section 328 Place, time and date of the will
- Section 329 When a plan is attached to the will
- Section 330 When the testator does not know or is unable to write
- Section 331 When the testator is deaf
- Section 332 Formalities to be complied without break
- Section 333 Printed open will
- Section 334 Presentation of closed will and approval by the Special Notary
- Section 335 Record of the approval of the closed will
- Section 336 Failure to comply with formalities
- Section 337 Delivery of the closed will
- Section 339 Who may deposit the will
- Section 341 Formalities to open a closed will
- Section 342 Proceedings on death of the depositor
- Section 343 Book of record
- Section 344 Registration of will
- Section 345 Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under the preceding section
- Section 346 Declaration of heirship
- Section 347 Notarial acts when void
- Section 348 Validation of Notarial acts
- Section 349 Liability to disciplinary proceedings
- Section 350 Insufficiency of stamp
- Section 351 Discretion to state the provision and accept a draft
- Section 352 Who may apply
- Section 353 To whom certified copy may be delivered
- Section 354 Time limit to issue certified copies
- Section 355 When a reference is made to other documents in the main instrument
- Section 356 When a reference is made to a drawing or plan in the main instrument
- Section 357 Manner in which certified copy is to be issued
- Section 358 When there are interlineations, erasures and corrections
- Section 359 Fees be fixed by the State Government
- Section 361 Penalty for incorrectly recording, endorsing, copying, and translating documents with intent to injure
- Section 362 Penalties for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation and abetment
- Section 363 Thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity by an officer acting under this Act
- Section 364 Nothing so done is invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure of appointment of an officer acting under this Act
- Section 365 Ex-officio powers and acts to be done after office hours
- Section 366 Mandatory Inventory
- Section 367 Optional Inventory
- Section 368 Inventory upon divorce, or separation or annulment of marriage
- Section 369 Inventory where a party dies after allotment in Inventory proceeding which were finally disposed of
- Section 370 Inventory upon death of the surviving spouse
- Section 371 Additional partition
- Section 372 Inventory in the event of dissolution of joint family
- Section 373 Jurisdiction
- Section 374 Consolidation of inventories
- Section 375 Petition
- Section 376 Order of appointment of head of the family
- Section 377 Inquiry for appointment of head of the family
- Section 378 Evidentiary value of the declaration of the head of the family
- Section 379 Rights and Duties of the Head of the family
- Section 380 Concealment of assets by head of the family
- Section 381 Consequences of concealment
- Section 382 Consequence of giving a list of assets based on false documents
- Section 383 Duration of office of head of the family
- Section 384 Removal of the head of the family
- Section 385 Discharge of the head of the family from holding office
- Section 386 Hearings in the inventory proceeding
- Section 387 Prosecution of inventory
- Section 388 Proceeding in absentia
- Section 389 Parties under disability
- Section 390 Discharge of guardian, etc
- Section 391 Discharge or removal of guardian, etc
- Section 392 Composition of the Family Council
- Section 393 Death of moiety holder or heir during the pendency of the proceeding
- Section 394 Challenge to the maintainability of the proceeding and other objections
- Section 395 Application to be declared interested party, legatee or creditor and to be made party to the proceeding
- Section 396 Intended sale of a share in an undivided inheritance
- Section 397 Sale of share in the undivided inheritance
- Section 398 Order of priority and procedure
- Section 399 Initial list of assets
- Section 400 Objections to the list of assets and other objections
- Section 401 When co-heirs are called upon to give a list of assets
- Section 402 Deletion of assets listed in the preliminary list
- Section 403 Disputes relating to concealment of assets
- Section 404 Payment of debts of inheritance
- Section 405 Funeral expenses
- Section 406 Redemption of certain encumbrances in rem
- Section 407 Creditor’s claim
- Section 408 Debtor’s denial
- Section 409 Valuation
- Section 410 Valuation by officer of the court
- Section 411 Final list
- Section 412 Division by metes and bounds
- Section 413 Objection to overvaluation, conference, application for licitation
- Section 414 Who may decide on behalf of persons under disability
- Section 415 Conference of the interested parties
- Section 416 Debts payable by the inheritance and mode of payment
- Section 417 Power of the Court to decide on debts
- Section 418 Disagreement on the approval of debts
- Section 419 Payment of debts fallen due
- Section 420 When debts are approved by some of the interested parties only
- Section 421 Resolution on mode of payment of debts
- Section 422 When do legatees decide on the mode of payment of debts
- Section 423 Insolvency
- Section 424 Emphyteusis
- Section 425 Overvaluation of assets
- Section 426 Licitation of asset which is not susceptible to division without detriment
- Section 427 Licitation of gifted assets
- Section 428 Licitation of bequeathed assets
- Section 429 When licitation is to be held
- Section 430 Licitation defined
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