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Section 133: Original bequest not affected by invalidity of second.

The Indian Succession Act, 1925Central Act · Act 39 of 1925

If the ulterior bequest be not valid the original bequest is not affected by it.

Illustrations

(i) An estate is bequeathed to A for his life with condition super-added that, if he shall not on a given day walk 100 miles in an hour, the estate shall go to B. The condition being void, A retains his estate as if no condition had been inserted in the will.

(ii) An estate is bequeathed to A for her life and, if she do not desert her husband, to B. A is entitled to the estate during her life as if no condition had been inserted in the will.

(iii) An estate is bequeathed to A for life, and, if he marries, to the eldest son of B for life. B, at the date of the testator's death, had not had a son. The bequest over is void under section 105, and A is entitled to the estate during his life.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Succession Act, 1925
Section133
Marginal noteOriginal bequest not affected by invalidity of second.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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