HSA: Chapter 2: Intestate succession
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- Section 5. Act not to apply to certain properties
- Section 6. Devolution of interest in coparcenary property
- Section 7. Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom
- Section 8. General rules of succession in the case of males
- Section 9. Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule
- Section 10. Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule
- Section 11. Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule
- Section 12. Order of succession among agnates and cognates
- Section 13. Computation of degrees
- Section 14. Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property
- Section 15. General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus
- Section 16. Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu
- Section 17. Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and atiyasantana laws
- Section 18. Full blood preferred to half blood
- Section 19. Mode of succession of two or more heirs
- Section 20. Right of child in womb
- Section 21. Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
- Section 22. Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases
- Section 23. [Special provision respecting dwelling-houses.]
- Section 24. [Certain windows re-marrying may not inherit as windows.]
- Section 25. Murderer disqualified
- Section 26. Convert’s descendants disqualified
- Section 27. Succession when heir disqualified
- Section 28. Disease, defect, etc., not to disqualify
- Section 29. Failure of heirs
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