(10) Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female
Hindu -Sec.16
The order of succession among the heirs referred to in section
15 shall be, and the distribution of the intestate's property among those heirs
shall take place, according to the following rules, namely:
Rule 1
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Among the heirs specified in sub-section (1) of Section 15, those in one entry
shall be preferred to those in any succeeding entry, and those included in the
same entry shall take simultaneously.
Rule 2
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If any son or daughter of the intestate had pre-deceased the intestate leaving
his or her own children alive at the time of the intestate's death, the
children of such son or daughter shall take between them the share which such
son or daughter would have taken if living at the intestate's death.
Rule 3
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The devolution of property of the intestate on the heirs referred to in clauses
(b), (d) & (e) of sub-section (1) and in sub-section 2 of Section 15 shall
be in the same order and according to the same rules as would have applied if
the property had been the father's or the mother's or the husband's as the case
may be, and such persons had died intestate in respect there of immediately
after the intestate's death.
Simplified Version
(10) Order of succession and manner of distribution among
successors of a female Hindu -Sec.16
Intestate - Person dying without will.
Following rules of succession are to be observed for the order
of the succession among the successors mentioned in the previous point-9, in
distribution of the property of a deceased person dying without a will
Rule 1
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Among the heirs specified below, those in one entry shall be preferred to those
in any succeeding entry, and those included in the same entry shall take
equally.
The property of a female Hindu dying without making a will,
shall pass over in succession according to the following rules:
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first, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of
any predeceased son or daughter) and the husband;
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secondly, upon the heirs of the husband;
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thirdly, upon the mother and father;
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fourthly, upon the heirs of the father; and
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lastly, upon the heirs of the mother.
Rule 2
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Children of any son or daughter who had died before the deceased person dying
without a will, will take between themselves equal share of there dead parents
share had he or she been alive at the time of the death of the deceased person.
Rule 3
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The passing of property of the person dying without a will between the
successors mentioned in the above clauses (b), (d), (e) of point(1) shall be in
the same order and according to the same rules as would have applied if the
property had been the father's or the mother's or the husband's as the case may
be, and such persons had died without a will, immediately after the death of
the deceased person dying without will.
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