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30/04/2025
Laws of Bangladesh

1The Special Marriage Act, 1872

( ACT NO. III OF 1872 )

[ 18th July, 1872 ]

Rights of succession in certain cases of marriage under Act
23. A person professing the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion who marries under this Act shall have the same rights and be subject to the same disabilities in regard to any right of succession to any property as a person to whom the Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850, applies:
 
 
 
 
Provided that nothing in this section shall confer on any person any right to any religious office or service, or to the management of any religious or charitable trust.
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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Government", "Muslim" and "Penal Code" were substituted, for the words "Provincial Government", "Muhammadan" and "Pakistan Penal Code" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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