In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--
(a) administrator means a person appointed by competent authority to administer the estate of a deceased person when there is no executor;
(b) codicil means an instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering or adding to its dispositions, and shall be deemed to form part of the Will;
1[(bb) "District Judge" means the Judge of a Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction;]
(c) "executor" means a person to whom the execution of the last Will of a deceased person is, by the testator's appointment, confided;
2[(cc) India means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;]
(d) Indian Christian means a native of India who is, or in good faith claims to be, of unmixed Asiatic descent and who professes any form of the Christian religion;
(e) minor means any person subject to the Indian Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875) who has not attained his majority within the meaning of that Act, and any other person who has not completed the age of eighteen years; and minority means the status of any such person;
(f) probate means the copy of a will certified under the seal of a court of competent jurisdiction with a grant of administration to the estate of the testator;
3[(g) State includes any division of India having a court of the last resort; ]and
(h) will means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death.
(a) administrator means a person appointed by competent authority to administer the estate of a deceased person when there is no executor;
(b) codicil means an instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering or adding to its dispositions, and shall be deemed to form part of the Will;
1[(bb) "District Judge" means the Judge of a Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction;]
(c) "executor" means a person to whom the execution of the last Will of a deceased person is, by the testator's appointment, confided;
2[(cc) India means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;]
(d) Indian Christian means a native of India who is, or in good faith claims to be, of unmixed Asiatic descent and who professes any form of the Christian religion;
(e) minor means any person subject to the Indian Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875) who has not attained his majority within the meaning of that Act, and any other person who has not completed the age of eighteen years; and minority means the status of any such person;
(f) probate means the copy of a will certified under the seal of a court of competent jurisdiction with a grant of administration to the estate of the testator;
3[(g) State includes any division of India having a court of the last resort; ]and
(h) will means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death.
Source footnotes
1. Ins. by Act 18 of 1929, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-1929).2. Ins. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
3. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid., for clause (g) (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
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Section 1 · Short title.Section 3 · Power of State Government to exempt any race, sect or tribe in the State from operation of Act.Section 4 · Application of Part.Section 5 · Law regulating succession to deceased person’s immoveable and moveable property, respectively.Section 6 · One domicile only affects succession to moveables.Section 7 · Domicile of origin of person of legitimate birth.Section 8 · Domicile of origin of illegitimate child.Section 9 · Continuance of domicile of origin.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2026-01-12. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.