Section 211: Character and property of executor or administrator as such.

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

(1) The executor or administrator, as the case may be, of a deceased person is his legal representative for all purposes, and all the property of the deceased person vests in- him as such.

(2) When the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Budhist, Sikh, [Jaina or Parsi] or an exempted person, nothing herein contained shall vest in an executor or administrator any property of the deceased person which would otherwise have passed by survivorship to some other person.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Indian Succession Act, 1925
Section	211
Marginal note	Character and property of executor or administrator as such.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 16 of 1962. . Subs. by Act 16 of 1962, s. 2, for "or Jaina".

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