Dates of successive payments when first payment directed to be made within a given time or on day certain: death of annuitant before date of payment
Section 340 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 deals with dates of successive payments when first payment directed to be made within a given time or on day certain: death of annuitant before date of payment. Where there is a direction that the first payment of an annuity shall be made within one month or any other division of time from the death of the testator, or on a day certain, the successive payments are to be made on the anniversary of the earliest day on which the will authorises the first payme The Act came into force on 30 Sep 1925.
(1) Where there is a direction that the first payment of an annuity shall be made within one month or any other division of time from the death of the testator, or on a day certain, the successive payments are to be made on the anniversary of the earliest day on which the will authorises the first payment to be made.
(2) If the annuitant dies in the interval between the times of payment, an apportioned share of the annuity shall be paid to his representative.
Section 340, The Indian Succession Act, 1925 (Act 39 of 1925).
Questions about Section 340
What does Section 340 of the Indian Succession Act deal with?
Section 340 of the Indian Succession Act is headed "Dates of successive payments when first payment directed to be made within a given time or on day certain: death of annuitant before date of payment". Where there is a direction that the first payment of an annuity shall be made within one month or any other division of time from the death of the testator, or on a day certain, the successive payments are to be made on the anniversary of the earliest day on which the will authorises the first payme
How do I find court cases under Section 340 of the Indian Succession Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Succession Act 340, section 340 Succession Act, section 340 of the Indian Succession Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
When did Section 340 of the Indian Succession Act come into force?
Section 340 of the Indian Succession Act, cited as Succession Act 340, came into force on 30 Sep 1925, having been enacted on 30 Sep 1925. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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- 111. Survivorship in case of bequest to described class652 words
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- 101. Rules of construction where will purports to make two bequests to same person620 words
- 113. Bequest to person not in existence at testator’s death subject to prior bequest486 words
- 114. Rule against perpetuity469 words
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