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Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.

Country/Territory
India
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of India Extraordinary No. 45 Part II Sec. I, 6 September 2005.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Gender Inheritance Governance Land tenure Agricultural land Access right
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Act amends several sections of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. For instance: new section 6 states that in a Joint Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara law, the daughter of a coparcener shall: (a} by birth become a coparcener in her own right in the same manner as the son; (b) have the same rights in the coparcenary property as she would have had if she had been a son; (c) be subject to the same liabilities in respect of the said coparcenary property as that of a son. In addition, it establishes that: any property to which a female Hindu becomes entitled by virtue of subsection 1 shall be held by her with the incidents of coparcenary ownership and shall be regarded, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or any other law for the time being in force, as property capable of being disposed of by her by testamentary disposition.

Full text
English
Website
egazette.nic.in