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The Succession Act, 1925

( ACT NO. XXXIX OF 1925 )

Chapter XXI

OF LEGACIES TO CREDITORS AND PORTIONERS

No ademption by subsequent provision for leagatee
179. No bequest shall be wholly or partially adeemed by a subsequent provision made by settlement or otherwise for the legatee.
 
 
Illustrations
 
 
(i) A bequeaths 20,000 Taka to his son B. He afterwards gives to B the sum of 20,000 Taka. The legacy is not thereby adeemed.
 
 
(ii) A bequeaths 40,000 Taka 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 30,000 Taka. The legacy is not thereby diminished.

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