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Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter III: Special Rules for Parsi Intestates

Section 50: General principles relating to intestate succession

For the purpose of intestate succession among Parsis—

(a) there is no distinction between those who were actually born in the lifetime of a person deceased and those who at the date of his death were only conceived in the womb, but who have been subsequently born alive;

(b) a lineal descendant of an intestate who has died in the lifetime of the intestate without leaving a widow or widower or any lineal descendant or [a widow or widower of any lineal descendant] shall not be taken into account in determining the manner in which the property of which the intestate has died intestate shall be divided; and

(c) where a [widow or widower of any relative] of an intestate has married again in the lifetime of the intestate, [such widow or widower] shall not be entitled to receive any share of the property of which the intestate has died intestate, and [such widow or widower] shall be deemed not to be existing at the intestate's death.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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