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The Succession Act, 1925

( ACT NO. XXXIX OF 1925 )

Chapter II

RULES IN CASES OF INTESTATES OTHER THAN PARSIS

Distribution where there are no lineal descendants

Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother
47. Where the intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor father, nor mother, the property shall be divided equally between his brothers and sisters and the child or children of such of them as may have died before him, such children (if more than one) taking in equal shares only the shares which their respective parents would have taken if living at the intestate's death.

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