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The distribution of the property among the heirs Rules of distri- refmed to in section 19 shall be made in accordance with bution in such the following rules :- cases, (i) The widow, or if there is more than one widow, each of the widows, shall be-entitled to a share equal to I I (ii) The mother shall be entitled to a share equal to that of a child. child (son or daugntcr) shall be entitled (6 Where the child had predeceased the intestate, the lineal descendants of such child shlll, subject to the provisions of clause (vi), be entitled to the share which the child ncu!d hp,q +qt-n, had he or she survived the (iv) (a) G-rand children of the intestate by a deceased d shall be entitled in equal sbares to what the deceased ' , d would have taken, had he or 'she sutvived the - &- i ~ h e Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Central Act .30 of 19561, has, by virtue of section 4 (b) thereof, an over-riding effect over any at her law in form immediately before the camm6ncement of that Act in so far asit isinconsistent with any ofthe provisions of that Act. - - 19 nibyus.c/ng~n~ LIYL)~; I -I\. AClC a h ; * 1 (6) Where any such grand child has predew~d % ' the intestate, the lineal descendants of such grandchild shall subject to the provisions of clause (vi), beentitled to the share which the grandchild would have taken, had he or . a she s u ~ v e d the intestate. - 7, 2 ' d . .. (v) The property shall devolve in like manner on the . ' ' .: remoter surviving lineal descendants of the intestate. . . ' * . (vi) The descendants of a child, granc!child or other 4 ;. , ..& lineal descendant of the "intestate shall not be entitled to : '! ( . *. * z:? , - any share in his property if such child, grandchild or other ' . , + % 4 ', descendant is alive at the time of the death of the intestate. . 7 1 I $. ~ . \ Illustrations. (1) Z dies intestate leaving two widows A and B, his. mother C, a son D, znd a daughter E, a granddaughter F by such daughter, the lineal descendants of a deceased daughter G, and the lineal descendants of a deceased son ., H. A, B, C, D and E will each get one-seventh of the property ; the lineal descendants of G wilI get one-seventh ; I the lineal descendants of H will also get one-seventh. The granddaughter P will not get any share. .(2) 2 dies intestate leaving no mother or widow, but leaving a son A, a daughter B, a grandson E and a grand- daughter F by a deceased daughter C, a granddaughter G by a deceased son D and two great granddaughters, H and J, by a deceased daughter of D, A and B will each be entitled to one-fourth of the pro- perty; E and Fwill each be entitled to one-eighth; G will be entitled t~ ;ne-eighth; H and J will each be entitled to one-sixteenth. . (3) Z-dios intestafo leaving no mothor. wiclow or cl~ild. but leuviilg t l i ~ * u ~ g ~ a ~ a l olriltlron A, 1I acid C hy il daughf~r X who has prodeceased hi6 and two gra~~dchildrefi alld by a son Y who h:\s also predeceased him. A, B and C WI - each bewentitled to one-sixth of 2's property and D and . to one-fourth , . -- .- ' 1 I ..* - . . . - - . .,-", . - . - ---- - -.a - - . - <? 1 . I. - .--- ..-- L - j - s d . A .A- & W e 1A (b) In the absence of her mother's kavml, the whole of the property shall d~volve'on her husband; and in the absence of her husband, the whole of the property shall de- volve on her mother's kavaru. (3) In the absence of any of the relatives aforesaid, the property shall devolve on the kavaru of the maternal grandmother or other female ascendant of the intestate, the , - nearer excluding the more remote. , ". &volution ?