The SIKKIM SUCCESSION ACT,2008
sikkim · 2008
- S. 1Son, daughter, widow, mother, son of predeceased son, daughter of a predeceased son, widow of a predeceased son
- S. 2The Act shalt apply :il a) any person who : b) descendents of Si
- S. 3In this Act
- S. 4(1) The StateGovernment may by notification in the Official Gaz
- S. 5(1) (2) ,, ' i' ,2 Right of child in womb Preference of heir
- S. 6Section 6 grants abandoned or divorced women rights to share in their husband's property if they care for the children, except if they remarry.
- S. 7Section 7 allows a child in the womb at the time of an intestate's death to succeed as if born before the death.
- S. 8Heir related to an inti ,
- S. 9Section 9 disqualifies murderers or abettors from inheriting the murdered person's property, which then devolves as if they died before the intestate.
- S. 10Section 10 of the Sikkim Succession Act, 2008, states that if no heir exists, property devolves to the government.
- S. 11Every person of soU'Mrj mind not being a minor may dispose 01 his property by Will
- S. 12coercion or importuhity is void
- S. 13A will m3Y be revoked or altered by the maker of it at any time when he is competent to dispose olliis property by Will
- S. 14A Will sh ! G executed according 10 the following rules:- !i (a) \"
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