LawgistThe Indian Succession Act
47Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother
Where the intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother, the property shall be divided equally between his brothers and sisters and the child or children of such of them as may have died before him, such children (if more than one) taking in equal shares only the shares which their respective parents would have taken if living at the intestate’s death.
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Distribution where there are no lineal descendants
- 41 Rules of distribution where intestate has left no lineal descendants
- 42 Where intestate’s father living
- 43 Where intestate’s father dead, but his mother, brothers and sisters living
- 44 Where intestate’s father dead and his mother, a brother or sister, and children of any deceased brother or sister, living
- 45 Where intestate’s father dead and his mother and children of any deceased brother or sister living
- 46 Where intestate’s father dead, but his mother living and no brother, sister, nephew or niece
- 47 Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother
- 48 Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor parent, nor brother, nor sister
- 49 Children’s advancements not brought into hotchpot
