Section 212: Right to intestate’s property.

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

(1) No right to any part of the property of a person who has died intestate can be established in any Court of Justice, unless letters of administration have first been granted by a Court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) This section shall not apply in the case of the intestacy of a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, Jaina, [Indian Christian or Parsi].

Where this provision sits

Act	The Indian Succession Act, 1925
Section	212
Marginal note	Right to intestate’s property.
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. . Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "or Indian Christian".

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