Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter XL: Of the Produce and Interest of Legacies
Section 353: Rate of interest
The rate of interest shall be four per cent. per annum in all cases except when the testator was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, in which case it shall be six per cent. per annum.
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