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CHAPTER II INTESTATE SUCCESSION · General provisions relating to succession

Section 19: Mode of succession of two or more heirs

The Hindu Succession Act, 1956

If two or more heirs succeed together to the property of an intestate, they shall take the property,―

(a) save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, per capita and not per stirpes; and

(b) as tenants-in-common and not as joint tenants.

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