[16. Transfer to take effect on failure of prior interest.-- Where, by reason of any of the rules contained in sections 13 and 14, an interest created for the benefit of a person or of a class of persons fails in regard to such person or the whole of such class, any interest created in the same transaction and intended to take effect after or upon failure of such prior interest also fails.]
Section 16: Transfer to take effect on failure of prior interest .
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882Central Act · Act 4 of 1882
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 |
|---|---|
| Section | 16 |
| Marginal note | Transfer to take effect on failure of prior interest . |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Judgments citing it | 3 |
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. 10, ibid., for sections 16, 17 and 18.
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