Special provision where intestate has left widow and no lineal descendants
[33A. (1) Where the intestate has left a widow but no lineal descendants and the net value of his property does not exceed five thousand Taka the whole of his property shall belong to the widow.
(2) Where the net value of the property exceeds the sum of five thousand Taka, the widow shall be entitled to five thousand Taka thereof and shall have a charge upon the whole of such property for such sum of five thousand Taka, with interest thereon from the date of the death of the intestate at 4 per cent, per annuam until payment.
(3) The provision for the widow made by this section shall be in addition and without prejudice to her interest and share in the residue of the estate of such intestate remaining after payment of the said sum of five thousand Taka, with interest asaforesaid, and such residue shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of section 33 as if it were the whole of such intestate's property.
(4) The net value of the property shall be ascertained by deducting from the gross value thereof all debts, and all funeral and administration expenses of the intestate, and all other lawful liabilities and charges to which the property shall be subject.
(5) This section shall not apply-
(a) to the property of-
(i) any Bangladesh Christian,
(ii) any child or grandchild of any male person who is or was at the time of his death a Bangladesh Christian, or
(iii) any person professing the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion the succession to whose property is, under section 24 of the
Special Marriage Act, 1872, regulated by the provisions of this Act;
(b) unless the deceased dies intestate in respect of all his property.]