Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter II: Of Limited Grants · Grants limited in duration
Section 237: Probate of copy or draft of lost will
When a will has been lost or mislaid since the testator's death, or has been destroyed by wrong or accident and not by any act of the testator, and a copy or the draft of the will has been preserved, probate may .be granted of such copy or draft, limited until the original or a properly authenticated copy of it is produced.
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