Section 179 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 – No ademption by-subsequent provision for legatee

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Section 179: No ademption by-subsequent provision for legatee

No bequest shall be wholly or partially adeemed by a subsequent provision made by settlement or otherwise for the legatee.

Illustrations

(i) A bequeaths Rs. 20,000 to his son B. He afterwards gives to B the sum of Rs. 20,000. The legacy is not thereby adeemed.

(ii) A bequeaths Rs. 40,000 to B, his orphan niece whom he had brought up from her infancy. Afterwards, on the occasion of B’s marriage, A settles upon her the sum of Rs. 30,000. The legacy is not thereby diminished.

Source: official text of The Indian Succession Act, 1925 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.

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