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PART IX PROBATE, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS OF DECEASED · CHAPTER VII.—Of the Duties of an Executor or Administrator

Section 318: Inventory to include property in any part of India in certain cases

The Indian Succession Act, 1925

In all cases where a grant has been made of probate or letters of administration intended to have effect throughout 1[India] 2***, the executor or administrator shall include in the inventory of the effects of the deceased all his moveable and immoveable property situate in 1[India], and the value of such property situate in each state shall be separately stated in such inventory, and the probate or letters of administration shall be chargeable with a fee corresponding to the entire amount or value of the property affected thereby wheresoever situate within 1[India].

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for “the States”.
  2. 2.The words “of India” omitted by Act 48 of 1952, s. 3 and Sch. II.