1. Short title and extent. This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916. It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Read Hindu Disposition of Property Act on one page. Download beautiful PDF for Hindu Disposition of Property Act.KEEP READING

2. Dispositions for the benefit of persons not in existence. Subject to the limitations and provisions specified in this Act, no disposition of property by a Hindu, whether by transfer inter vivos or by will, shall be invalid by reason only that any person for whose benefit it may haveKEEP READING

3. Limitations and conditions. The limitations and provisions referred to in section 2 shall be the following, namely- (a) in respect of dispositions by transfer inter vivos, those contained in Chapter II of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and (b) in respect of dispositions by will those contained in sections 113,KEEP READING

4. Failure of prior disposition. [Rep. by the Transfer of Property (Amendment) (Supplementary) Act, 1929 (21 of 1929), sec. 12.] Read Hindu Disposition of Property Act on one page. Download beautiful PDF for Hindu Disposition of Property Act.KEEP READING

5. Application of this Act to the Khoja community. Where the State Government is of opinion that the Khoja community in the State or any part thereof desire that the provisions of this Act should be extended to such community, it may by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that the provisions of thisKEEP READING