Schedule II: Schedule II — Order of Succession (sections 54, 55)

PART I (See section 54) (1) Father and mother. (2) Brothers and sisters (other than uterine brothers and sisters) and lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (3) Paternal grandfather and paternal grandmother. (4) Children of the paternal grandfather and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (5) Paternal grandfather’s father and mother. (6) Paternal grandfather’s father’s children and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. ____ PART II (See section 55) (1) Father and mother. (2) Brothers and sisters (other than uterine brothers and sisters) and lineal descendants of such of them as shall have predeceased the intestate. (3) Paternal grandfather and paternal grandmother. (4) Children of the paternal grandfather and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (5) Paternal grandfather’s father and mother. (6) Paternal grandfather’s father’s children and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (7) Uterine brothers and sisters and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (8) Maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother. (9) Children of the maternal grandfather and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (10) Widows of brothers or half-brothers. (11) Paternal grandfather’s son’s widow. (12) Maternal grandfather’s son’s widow. 1 Subs. by the Indian Succession (Amdt.) Act, 1939 (17 of 1939), s. 3, for the original Schedule II. (13) Widowers of deceased lineal descendants of the intestate who have not married again before the death of the intestate. (14) Maternal grandfather’s father and mother. (15) Children of the maternal grandfather’s father and lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (16) Children of the paternal grandmother and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate. (17) Paternal grandmother’s father and mother. (18) Children of the paternal grandmother’s father and the lineal descendants of such of them as have predeceased the intestate.] _________

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