Succession Act, 1925

Succession Act, 1925 — Section 163: Change by operation of law of subject of specific bequest between date of will and testator’s death

163. Change by operation of law of subject of specific bequest between date of will and testator’s death. Where a thing specifically bequeathed undergoes a change between the date of the will and the testator’s death, and the change takes place by operation of law, or in the course of execution of the provisions of any legal instrument under which the thing bequeathed was held, the legacy is not adeemed by reason of such change. Illustrations

(i)A bequeaths to B “all the money which I have in the 5-1/2 per cent. loan of the

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