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HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956
[30 OF 1956]
An Act to amend and codify the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the seventh year of republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
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1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India [***].