When a will has been lost or mislaid since the testator's death, or has been destroyed by wrong or accident and not by any act of the testator, and a copy or the draft of the will has been preserved, probate may be granted of such copy or draft, limited until the original or a properly authenticated copy of it is produced.
PART IX PROBATE, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS OF DECEASED · CHAPTER II—Of Limited Grants Grants limited in duration
Section 237: Probate of copy or draft of lost will
The Indian Succession Act, 1925