Section 18
Full blood preferred to half blood
Chapter 2: Intestate succession
Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect.
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Act No. 30 of 1956). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.
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- 15General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus
- 16Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu
- 17Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws
- 19Mode of succession of two or more heirs
- 20Right of child in womb
- 21Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths