Where several co-owners of immoveable property transfer a share therein without specifying that the transfer is to take effect on any particular share or shares of the transferors, the transfer, as among such transferors, takes effect on such shares equally where the shares were equal, and where they were unequal, proprotionately to the extent of such shares.
Illustration
A, the owner of an eight-anna share, and B and C, each the owner of a four-anna share, in mauza Sultanpur, transfer a two-anna share in the mauza to D, without specifying from which of their several shares the transfer is made. To give effect to the transfer one-anna share is taken from the share of A, and half-an-anna share from each of the shares of B and C.
Illustration
A, the owner of an eight-anna share, and B and C, each the owner of a four-anna share, in mauza Sultanpur, transfer a two-anna share in the mauza to D, without specifying from which of their several shares the transfer is made. To give effect to the transfer one-anna share is taken from the share of A, and half-an-anna share from each of the shares of B and C.
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Section 1 · Short title .Section 2 · Repeal of Acts.Section 3 · Interpretation-clause.Section 4 · Enactments relating to contracts to be taken as part of Contract Act and supplemental to the Registration Act.Section 5 · “Transfer of property” defined.Section 6 · What may be transferred.Section 7 · Persons competent to transfer.Section 8 · Operation of transfer.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 09 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2018-04-16. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.