Chapter II — INTESTATE SUCCESSION General

Section 26Convert’s descendants disqualified

Section 26: Convert’s descendants disqualified

26. Convert’s descendants disqualified

Where, before or after the commencement of this Act, a Hindu has ceased or ceases to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion, children born to him or her after such conversion and their descendants shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of any of their Hindu relatives, unless such children or descendants are Hindus at the time when the succession opens.