TPA Section 28: Ulterior transfer conditional on happening or not happening of specified event
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter 2: Transfers of property by act of parties
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28. Ulterior transfer conditional on happening or not happening of specified event.—On a transfer of property an interest therein may be created to accrue to any person with the condition superadded that in case a specified uncertain event shall happen such interest shall pass to another person, or that in case a specified uncertain event shall not happen such interest shall pass to another person. In each case the dispositions are subject to the rules contained in sections 10, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 5. Transfer of property defined
- 6. What may be transferred
- 7. Persons competent to transfer
- 8. Operation of transfer
- 9. Oral transfer
- 10. Condition restraining alienation
- 11. Restriction repugnant to interest created
- 12. Condition making interest determinable on insolvency or attempted alienation
- 13. Transfer for benefit of unborn person
- 14. Rule against perpetuity
- 15. Transfer to a class, some of whom come under sections 13 and 14
- 16. Transfer to take effect on failure of prior interest
- 17. Direction for accumulation
- 18. Transfer in perpetuity for benefit of public
- 19. Vested interest
- 20. When unborn person acquires vested interest on transfer for his benefit
- 21. Contingent interest
- 22. Transfer to members of a class who attain a particular age
- 23. Transfer contingent on happening of specified uncertain event
- 24. Transfer to such of certain persons as survive at some period not specified
- 25. Conditional transfer
- 26. Fulfilment of condition precedent
- 27. Conditional transfer to one person coupled with transfer to another on failure of prior disposition
- 29. Fulfilment of condition subsequent
- 30. Prior disposition not affected by invalidity of ulterior disposition
- 31. Condition that transfer shall cease to have effect in case specified uncertain event happens or does not happen
- 32. Such condition must not be invalid
- 33. Transfer conditional on performance of act, no time being specified for performance
- 34. Transfer conditional on performance of act, time being specified
- 35. Election when necessary
- 36. Apportionment of periodical payments on determination of interest of person entitled
- 37. Apportionment of benefit of obligation on severance
- 38. Transfer by person authorised only under certain circumstances to transfer
- 39. Transfer where third person is entitled to maintenance
- 40. Burden of obligation imposing restriction on use of land
- 41. Transfer by ostensible owner
- 42. Transfer by person having authority to revoke former transfer
- 43. Transfer by unauthorised person who subsequently acquires interest in property transferred
- 44. Transfer by one co-owner
- 45. Joint transfer for consideration
- 46. Transfer for consideration by persons having distinct interests
- 47. Transfer by co-owners of share in common property
- 48. Priority of rights created by transfer
- 49. Transferee's right under policy
- 50. Rent bona fide paid to holder under defective title
- 51. Improvements made by bona fide holders under defective titles
- 52. Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto
- 53. Fraudulent transfer
- 53A. Part performance