Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Section - 17 - Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws
Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws.
17. The provisions of sections 8, 10, 15 and 23 shall have effect in relation to persons who would have been governed by the marumakkattayam law or aliyasantana law if this Act had not been passed as if –
(i) for sub-clauses (c) and (d) of section 8, and following had been substituted, namely
"(c) thirdly, if there is no heir of any of the two classes, then upon his relatives, whether agnates or cognates.";
(ii) for clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1) of section 15, the following had been substituted namely: -
"(a) firstly, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the mother;
(b) secondly, upon the father and the husband;
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