(1) The property of a female Hindu
dying intestate shall devolve according to the rules set out in section 16,―
(a) firstly, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or
daughter) and the husband;
(b) secondly, upon the heirs of the husband;
(c) thirdly, upon the mother and father;
(d) fourthly, upon the heirs of the father; and
(e) lastly, upon the heirs of the mother.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),―
(a) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve, in the
absence of any son or daughter of the deceased(including the children of any pre-deceased son or
daughter) not upon the other heirs referred in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon
the heirs of the father; and
(b) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband or from her father-in-law shall
devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any
pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order
specified therein, but upon the heirs of the husband.
STATE AMENDMENT
Kerala.—
Amendment of section 15.―In the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Central Act 30 of 1956), in section
15, after clause (b) of sub-section (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:―
“(c)” any property inherited by a female Hindu from her pre-deceased son shall devolve, not upon the
other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon the heirs of the predeceased
son from whom she inherited the property.”
[Vide Kerala Act 17 of 2016, sec. 2].
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