Indian Succession Act, 1925. Country/Territory India Document type Legislation Date 1925 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to consolidate the law applicable to intestate and testamentary succession. Subject Land & soil Keyword Gender Inheritance Access right Governance Land tenure Agricultural land Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Abstract This Act consolidates the law applicable to intestate and testamentary property succession. It establishes that a married woman may dispose by will of any property which she could alienate by her own act during her life. 46. Where intestate’s father dead, but his mother living and no brother, sister, nephew or niece. If the intestate’s father is dead, but the intestate’s mother is living, and there is neither brother, nor sister, nor child of any brother or sister of the intestate, the property shall belong to the mother. 47. Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother.—Where the intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother, the property shall be divided equally between his brothers and sisters. 315. Powers of married executrix or administratrix. When a grant of probate or letters of administration has been made to a married woman, she has all the powers of an ordinary executor or administrator. Full text English Website www.indiacode.nic.in