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TPA Chapter 2: Transfers of property by act of parties

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Plain-language guide

What this part covers

Start with the transferor's authority and the interest being transferred; payment and possession alone do not answer every question.

Key provisions

  1. Section 5. Transfer of property defined
  2. Section 6. What may be transferred
  3. Section 7. Persons competent to transfer
  4. Section 8. Operation of transfer
  5. Section 9. Oral transfer
  6. Section 10. Condition restraining alienation
  7. Section 11. Restriction repugnant to interest created
  8. Section 12. Condition making interest determinable on insolvency or attempted alienation
  9. Section 13. Transfer for benefit of unborn person
  10. Section 14. Rule against perpetuity
  11. Section 15. Transfer to a class, some of whom come under sections 13 and 14
  12. Section 16. Transfer to take effect on failure of prior interest
  13. Section 17. Direction for accumulation
  14. Section 18. Transfer in perpetuity for benefit of public
  15. Section 19. Vested interest
  16. Section 20. When unborn person acquires vested interest on transfer for his benefit
  17. Section 21. Contingent interest
  18. Section 22. Transfer to members of a class who attain a particular age
  19. Section 23. Transfer contingent on happening of specified uncertain event
  20. Section 24. Transfer to such of certain persons as survive at some period not specified
  21. Section 25. Conditional transfer
  22. Section 26. Fulfilment of condition precedent
  23. Section 27. Conditional transfer to one person coupled with transfer to another on failure of prior disposition
  24. Section 28. Ulterior transfer conditional on happening or not happening of specified event
  25. Section 29. Fulfilment of condition subsequent
  26. Section 30. Prior disposition not affected by invalidity of ulterior disposition
  27. Section 31. Condition that transfer shall cease to have effect in case specified uncertain event happens or does not happen
  28. Section 32. Such condition must not be invalid
  29. Section 33. Transfer conditional on performance of act, no time being specified for performance
  30. Section 34. Transfer conditional on performance of act, time being specified
  31. Section 35. Election when necessary
  32. Section 36. Apportionment of periodical payments on determination of interest of person entitled
  33. Section 37. Apportionment of benefit of obligation on severance
  34. Section 38. Transfer by person authorised only under certain circumstances to transfer
  35. Section 39. Transfer where third person is entitled to maintenance
  36. Section 40. Burden of obligation imposing restriction on use of land
  37. Section 41. Transfer by ostensible owner
  38. Section 42. Transfer by person having authority to revoke former transfer
  39. Section 43. Transfer by unauthorised person who subsequently acquires interest in property transferred
  40. Section 44. Transfer by one co-owner
  41. Section 45. Joint transfer for consideration
  42. Section 46. Transfer for consideration by persons having distinct interests
  43. Section 47. Transfer by co-owners of share in common property
  44. Section 48. Priority of rights created by transfer
  45. Section 49. Transferee's right under policy
  46. Section 50. Rent bona fide paid to holder under defective title
  47. Section 51. Improvements made by bona fide holders under defective titles
  48. Section 52. Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto
  49. Section 53. Fraudulent transfer
  50. Section 53A. Part performance

Study check

Chapter 2: study check

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  1. 1.Can a mere chance of inheriting an estate be transferred under section 6(a)?
  2. 2.Does part performance itself convey ownership?

Official reference: Government of India reference, hosted by Andhra Pradesh High Court — checked: 30 September 2026.Central reference text reproduced from the linked government PDF, with footnotes and separately labelled state amendments left in the original. It includes the 2001/2003 changes and the 2019 territorial-extension note. The checking date is not a certification that every state rule is current. Consult the original schedule, territorial notifications and applicable state law separately.Read the original schedule and amendment notes