Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter XXI: Of Legacies to Creditors and Portioners · CHAPTER—XXII.—Of Election
Section 180: Circumstances in which election takes place
Where a person, by his will, professes to dispose of some thing which he has no right to dispose of, the person to whom the thing belongs shall elect either to confirm such disposition or to dissent from it, and, in the latter case, he shall give up any benefits which may have been provided for him by the will.
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