Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012

Q: What does Section 1 of Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012 say?

(a) all persons who, prior to the 20th day of December, 1961, were governed by the provisions of the Civil Code of 1867 as in force in erstwhile Portuguese regime over Goa and which continued in force by virtue of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act, 1962 (1 of 1962), as adapted by the Military Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu vide Order No. 175/2/MG dated 31st May, 1962; (b) any person born in Goa of parents who are governed by the provisions of the Civil C
Q: What does Section 2 of Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012 say?

(a) "absent person" means a person who, without appointing an attorney to manage his properties, has left the place of his residence and his whereabouts are not known and is so adjudged by a competent Court; (b) "assets" means properties, movable or immovable, corporeal, whether animate or inanimate, or incorporeal, unless repugnant to the context and includes liabilities; (c) "authentic document" means a document drawn by a public official or with his intervention as required by law and such do
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364. Nothing so done is invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure of appointment of an officer acting under this Act.

Section 364
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            "content": "(a) all persons who, prior to the 20th day of December, 1961, were governed by the provisions of the Civil Code of 1867 as in force in erstwhile Portuguese regime over Goa and which continued in force by virtue of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act, 1962 (1 of 1962), as adapted by the Military Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu vide Order No. 175/2/MG dated 31st May, 1962;\n(b) any person born in Goa of parents who are governed by the provisions of the Civil Code of 1867 which is at present in force in Goa and which was in force prior to the 20th day of December, 1961;\n(c) any person born outside the State of Goa of parents who were or are governed by the provisions of the said Civil Code of 1867, unless such person declares that he does not desire to be governed by the provisions of this Act at any time before the expiry of three years from the date he attains majority or before the expiry of three years from the date he comes from outside the State of Goa, before the Special Notary having office in the sub-district where such person resides;\n(d) any person born in Goa of parents who are governed by the provisions of the corresponding laws in force in the rest of India provided that he chooses permanent residence in the State of Goa and he declares before the expiry of three years from the date he attains majority that he desires to be governed by this Act before the Special Notary having office in the sub-district where such person resides;\n(e) any person born in Goa of parents who are foreign citizens provided such person satisfies the requirements of sections 3 and 4 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (Central Act 57 of 1955);\n(f) any person born in Goa of unknown parents or of unknown nationality;\n(g) any person adopted by parents who are governed by the provisions of the Civil Code of 1867 as in force in Goa or by parents to whom this Act is applicable:\n(i) merely by reason his residing there on account of his being appointed in the Civil, Military, Naval, Air Force service of the Government of India;\n(ii) merely on account of he being appointed by the Government of a foreign country as its representative and residing as such in Goa in pursuance of such appointment nor shall any other person residing with such representative as part of his family or as servant.",
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            "content": "(a) \"absent person\" means a person who, without appointing an attorney to manage his properties, has left the place of his residence and his whereabouts are not known and is so adjudged by a competent Court;\n(b) \"assets\" means properties, movable or immovable, corporeal, whether animate or inanimate, or incorporeal, unless repugnant to the context and includes liabilities;\n(c) \"authentic document\" means a document drawn by a public official or with his intervention as required by law and such document constitutes proof of the veracity of the acts done by the public official and the veracity of the facts which have occurred in his presence or which he has certified and was competent to certify, unless it is proved that the document itself is fabricated or false;\n(d) \"conferee\" means the person, who has to return the assets gifted to him to the mass of the inheritance for the purpose of collation;\n(e) \"deaf and dumb\" means a person who is deaf and dumb and is not capable of managing his assets and is so adjudged by a competent court;\n(f) \"estate leaver\" means the person upon whose death the transmission of his estate takes place;\n(g) \"forced heir\" means the heir whom the estate leaver cannot deprive of the portion of his estate reserved to such heir by law, except in cases where the law permits the estate leaver to disinherit him;\n(h) \"head of the family\" means the person who is entrusted with the duty to give the list of the assets and liabilities of an inheritance and with the management of the inheritance till the finalization of the partition;\n(i) \"inofficious gift or will\" means a gift or a will made by the estate leaver which impairs the legitime of the forced heir;\n(j) \"interdict\" means a person who is declared to be incompetent to manage his assets by an order of the court;\n(k) \"inventory proceeding\" means a proceeding to partition the inheritance of a deceased person or to obtain a formal order of allotment of inheritance by the court;\n(l) \"legal or intestate succession\" means the succession which takes place by operation of law;\n(m) \"liabilities\" include all debts, obligations, burdens and encumbrances;\n(n) \"matrimonial regime\" means a system of rules which govern the ownership and management of the property of married persons as between themselves and towards third parties;\n(o) \"moiety holder\" means a spouse who has a right to moiety; and right to moiety is the half share which any of the spouses has to the common assets of the couple or to the community properties;\n(p) \"personal representative\" includes a natural guardian, a guardian appointed by the court and a guardian appointed by parties;\n(q) \"person under disability\" means a person declared by law or by the court as being incapable of managing his assets and includes a minor, insane person, a deaf and dumb and an absent person;\n(r) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules;\n(s) \"prodigal\" means a person who is major in age but is a habitual spendthrift or has extravagant habits and is adjudged by a court as being incapable of managing his assets;\n(t) \"renunciation or repudiation of heirship\" means the relinquishment of the inheritance made by a person entitled to inherit by succession and to succeed;\n(u) \"right of accretion\" means the right of the heirs or legatees to add to their shares in the inheritance, the share of any co-heir or legatee;\n(v) \"right of representation\" means the right conferred by law upon certain relatives of a deceased person to succeed to all rights to which such a person would have succeeded, if alive;\n(w) \"sortition\" means the adjudication of the lots or the shares to the interested parties by draw of lots;\n(x) \"Special head of the family\" means the head of the family restricted to certain assets of inheritance, such as the donee who brings the gifted assets into the mass of the inheritance and the co-heirs in lawful possession of certain assets of the inheritance prior to the opening of succession;\n(y) \"Special Notary\" means a Notary with special powers to draw, authentic documents such as (a) wills, (b) record of printed open wills (c) instruments of consent to the will by the spouse of the testator, (d) instruments of renunciation of inheritance, (e) record of approval of the closed wills, (f) ante nuptial agreements, (g) deeds of declaration of heirship, (h) adoption deeds and (i) such other acts which the Special Notary is authorized to perform by law;\n(z) \"to make a record\" or \"to draw a record\" means to draw up a written account of an act or a series of acts under authority of law by the Special Notary and designed to furnish permanent authentic evidence of the matters to which it relates;\n(za) \"unknown heir\" means a heir whose identity is not known.\nPart II\nSuccession\nChapter I\nPreliminary Provisions",
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            "title": "5. Types of successors: Heirs and legatees.",
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            "title": "6. Inheritance.",
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            "title": "7. Simultaneous death of the estate leaver and the successor.",
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            "content": "(a) if the deceased had a permanent residence in the State of Goa, the succession opens at the place of his permanent residence;\n(b) if the deceased did not have a permanent residence in the State of Goa, the succession opens where his immovable properties are situated in the State of Goa. If his immovable properties are situated at different places in the State of Goa, the succession opens where the major part of these properties are situated. Such major part is calculated on the basis of the value of the properties. If the immovable properties of the deceased are situated partly in the State of Goa and partly outside the State of Goa but within the country, the succession opens in the State of Goa irrespective of the value of the properties;\n(c) the succession of a person, who died outside the State of Goa, and did not have a permanent residence in the State of Goa nor did he own any immovable properties in the State of Goa but has movables in the State of Goa, opens at the place where the major part of the movable assets are located,\n(d) Where the deceased did not have a permanent residence nor immovable properties in the State of Goa, the succession opens at the place where he died in the State of Goa.",
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            "content": "(a) A person convicted for the commission of murder of, or attempt to murder, the estate leaver or his spouse, descendant, ascendant, adopter or adoptes;\n(b) A person convicted for defamation of the persons specified in the preceding clause or for giving false evidence against the aforementioned persons in relation to an offence punishable with rigorous imprisonment for not less than two years, whatever its nature;\n(c) A person who, by deceit or coercion, induced the estate leaver to make, revoke or modify a will, or obstructed him from doing so;\n(d) A person who has fraudulently spirited away, concealed, destroyed or suppressed a will, before or after the death of the estate leaver, or has benefited himself by any of his above mentioned acts.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Consequence of declaration of un-worthiness to succeed.",
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            "title": "13. When the ownership and possession is transmitted.",
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            "content": "Chapter III\nRight to partition the inheritance",
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            "title": "14. Partition by inventory.",
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            "title": "15. Partition by deed.",
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            "title": "17. Consequences of transfer of specific asset of inheritance.",
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            "title": "18. Right of co-heir to claim the inheritance in its entirety.",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Right to demand partition.",
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Partition of assets of joint family.",
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            "content": "Chapter IV\nAcceptance and Renunciation of the inheritance",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Acceptance of inheritance.",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Devolution of inheritance under different titles.",
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            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Freedom to accept or renounce.",
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            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Nullity of restricted acceptance or renunciation.",
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            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Capacity to accept or renounce.",
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        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Acceptance or renunciation by one of the spouses only.",
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Acceptance of inheritance left to a person under disability.",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Acceptance or renunciation of inheritance left to a deaf and dumb person.",
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Form of acceptance.",
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Gratuitous transfer of inheritance or share therein.",
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            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Consequences of Court decision declaring a person to be an heir.",
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        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Absence of consensus among heirs to accept or renounce inheritance.",
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        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Transmission of right to accept.",
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        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Indivisibility of renunciation.",
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            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. How renunciation is effected.",
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            "title": "36. Consequences of renunciation.",
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            "title": "37. Implications of renunciation of disposable share.",
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            "title": "38. When acceptance may be challenged.",
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            "content": "(a) there was coercion or;\n(b) he was induced to accept it by fraud; or\n(c) more than half of the inheritance has been bequeathed by will and the existence of the will was not known to the heir at the time of acceptance.",
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        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Subrogation by creditor.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Prohibition to renounce.",
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        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Retroactivity of acceptance or renunciation.",
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        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Inheritance at abeyance.",
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        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Temporary management.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Notice to accept or renounce the inheritance.",
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            "content": "Chapter V\nLiabilities of the inheritance",
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        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Liabilities of the inheritance.",
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            "content": "(1) the funeral and other expenses towards last rites and religious services for the soul of the estate leaver;\n(2) to meet the burden of the executorships and management;\n(3) towards the payment of the debts of the deceased for the satisfaction of the legacies.",
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        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Order of priorities.",
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        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Liability of the usufructuary.",
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        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Legacy of maintenance or lifetime pension.",
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            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Rights and duties of the heirs in respect of the inheritance.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Bonafide satisfaction of the legacies.",
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            "content": "Chapter VI\nLegal Succession",
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            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. When legal succession takes place and its extent.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. Order of legal succession.",
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            "content": "(i) on the descendants;\n(ii) on the ascendants, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 72;\n(iii) on the brothers and their descendants;\n(iv) on the surviving spouse;\n(v) on the collateral's not comprised in clause (iii) upto the 6th degree;\n(vi) on the State, provided that, in the absence of testamentary or intestate heir of a beneficial owner or of an emphyteusis, the property shall revert to the direct owner.",
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            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Proximity of degree.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Succession per capita.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Accretion upon renunciation of the inheritance.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "56",
            "title": "56. Degree and lines of kinship.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "57",
            "title": "57. Direct and collateral line.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "58. Types of direct line of kinship.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "59",
            "title": "59. How degrees are counted in the direct line.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "60. How degrees are counted in the collateral line.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "61",
            "title": "61. Incapacity to inherit by legal succession.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "62",
            "title": "62. Extent of Incapacity.",
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            "content": "Chapter VII\nRight of representation",
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        },
        {
            "number": "63",
            "title": "63. Right of representation.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "64",
            "title": "64. Representation in the direct line.",
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        {
            "number": "65",
            "title": "65. Representation in the collateral line.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "66",
            "title": "66. Right of the representatives.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "67",
            "title": "67. Joint representatives.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter VIII\nOrder of Succession Succession of Descendants/Ascendants",
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        {
            "number": "68",
            "title": "68. Succession of children and their descendants.",
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            "number": "69",
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            "number": "74",
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            "number": "76",
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            "number": "79",
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            "number": "80",
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            "number": "81",
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            "number": "82",
            "title": "82. Preferential right of habitation and use of surviving spouse.",
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            "number": "83",
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            "number": "85",
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            "number": "87",
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            "number": "90",
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            "number": "95",
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            "number": "96",
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            "number": "97",
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            "number": "98",
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            "number": "99",
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            "number": "100",
            "title": "100. Where the value of the gifted assets exceeds the value of donee's share in the inheritance.",
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            "number": "101",
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            "number": "102",
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            "number": "103",
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            "number": "104",
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            "number": "105",
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            "number": "106",
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            "number": "107",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "108",
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            "number": "109",
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            "number": "110",
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            "number": "111",
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            "number": "112",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "113",
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            "number": "114",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "115",
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            "number": "116",
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            "number": "117",
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            "number": "121",
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            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XI\nTestamentary Succession",
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        {
            "number": "122",
            "title": "122. Institution of heir.",
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            "number": "123",
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            "number": "124",
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            "number": "125",
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        {
            "number": "126",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "127",
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            "number": "128",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "129",
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            "number": "130",
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            "number": "131",
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            "number": "132",
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            "number": "134",
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            "number": "135",
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            "number": "136",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "137",
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            "number": "138",
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            "number": "139",
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            "number": "140",
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            "number": "141",
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            "number": "146",
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            "number": "147",
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            "number": "148",
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            "number": "149",
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            "number": "151",
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            "number": "153",
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            "number": "154",
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            "number": "155",
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            "number": "156",
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            "number": "157",
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            "number": "158",
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            "number": "159",
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            "number": "160",
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            "number": "162",
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            "number": "163",
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            "number": "165",
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            "number": "166",
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            "number": "167",
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            "number": "168",
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            "number": "169",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "170",
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            "number": "171",
            "title": "171. Exclusion of right of accretion.",
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            "number": "172",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "173",
            "title": "173. Renunciation of right of accretion.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "174",
            "title": "174. Right to legacy.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 173
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        {
            "number": "175",
            "title": "175. Common or direct substitution.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "176",
            "title": "176. Pupillary substitution.",
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            "content": "(a) the person substituted attains the age of eighteen years or\n(b) the substituted person dies leaving behind descendants entitled to succeed.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 175
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            "number": "177",
            "title": "177. Quasi pupillary substitution.",
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            "number": "178",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "179",
            "title": "179. Rights and duties of the substitute.",
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            "number": "180",
            "title": "180. Reciprocal substitution.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "181",
            "title": "181. Fide-commissary substitution.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "182",
            "title": "182. Lapse of fideicommissum.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "183",
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            "number": "184",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "185",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "186",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "187",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "188",
            "title": "188. Applicability to past and future fideicommissum.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "189",
            "title": "189. Disinheritance.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "190",
            "title": "190. Grounds for disinheritance.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "191",
            "title": "191. Effects of disinheritance.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "192",
            "title": "192. Burden of proof.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "193",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 192
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        {
            "number": "194",
            "title": "194. Right to maintenance of the disinherited heir.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 193
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        {
            "number": "195",
            "title": "195. Period of limitation to challenge disinheritance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XII\nWills",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 194
        },
        {
            "number": "196",
            "title": "196. Concept of will.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 195
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        {
            "number": "197",
            "title": "197. Will is a personal act.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "198",
            "title": "198. Will dependent upon instruction.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "199",
            "title": "199. Disposition in favour of unnamed relatives.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "200",
            "title": "200. Conditional disposition.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "201",
            "title": "201. Obstruction to fulfillment of condition.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "202",
            "title": "202. Reason contrary to law.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 201
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        {
            "number": "203",
            "title": "203. Disposition where time for commencement or cessation of heirship is fixed.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "204",
            "title": "204. Will obtained by coercion, undue influence, deceit, or fraud.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "205",
            "title": "205. Duty of authorities.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 204
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        {
            "number": "206",
            "title": "206. When expressions are insufficient.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "207",
            "title": "207. Prohibition imposed by testator to challenge his will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 206
        },
        {
            "number": "208",
            "title": "208. Joint wills.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 207
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        {
            "number": "209",
            "title": "209. Revocation of will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "210",
            "title": "210. Implied revocation.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "211",
            "title": "211. Effect of will which has lapsed.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 210
        },
        {
            "number": "212",
            "title": "212. Restoration of will.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 211
        },
        {
            "number": "213",
            "title": "213. When testamentary dispositions lapse.",
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            "content": "(a) where the heir or legatee dies before the testator;\n(b) where the heir is instituted or the legacy is left subject to a condition and the heir or legatee dies before the condition is fulfilled;\n(c) where the heir or the legatee is under a disability to acquire the inheritance;\n(d) where the heir or the legatee renounces his rights.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 212
        },
        {
            "number": "214",
            "title": "214. Effect of ignorance of existence of children.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 213
        },
        {
            "number": "215",
            "title": "215. Interpretation of wills.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 214
        },
        {
            "number": "216",
            "title": "216. Object contrary to law, morality or public policy.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Who may make a will and acquire by will",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 215
        },
        {
            "number": "217",
            "title": "217. Capacity to make a will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 216
        },
        {
            "number": "218",
            "title": "218. Incapacity to make a will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 217
        },
        {
            "number": "219",
            "title": "219. Restrictions on disposition of community assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the assets disposed of are allotted to him in a subsequent partition; or\n(b) they do not form part of the community; or\n(c) the disposition has been made by one of the spouses in favour of the other; or\n(d) the other spouse has in a document drawn by a Special Notary given consent to the said disposition",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 218
        },
        {
            "number": "220",
            "title": "220. Restrictions on disposing of specific assets of the inheritance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 219
        },
        {
            "number": "221",
            "title": "221. Relative incapacity of sick person.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 220
        },
        {
            "number": "222",
            "title": "222. Disposition in favour of a person who has rendered domestic help or care and assistance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 221
        },
        {
            "number": "223",
            "title": "223. Relative incapacity-Disposition in favour of guardian or manager of assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 222
        },
        {
            "number": "224",
            "title": "224. Relative incapacity-Disposition by adulterous spouse.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 223
        },
        {
            "number": "225",
            "title": "225. Relative incapacity-Disposition in favour of the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 224
        },
        {
            "number": "226",
            "title": "226. Extent of nullity.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 225
        },
        {
            "number": "227",
            "title": "227. Restrictions on impairment of mandatory share.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 226
        },
        {
            "number": "228",
            "title": "228. Who may receive by will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 227
        },
        {
            "number": "229",
            "title": "229. Relevant time to determine capacity to acquire by will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 228
        },
        {
            "number": "230",
            "title": "230. Consequence of incompetence to acquire by legal succession.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 229
        },
        {
            "number": "231",
            "title": "231. Consequences of refusal to act as executor or guardian or their removal.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 230
        },
        {
            "number": "232",
            "title": "232. Capacity of corporate bodies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 231
        },
        {
            "number": "233",
            "title": "233. Fictitious disposition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Types of Wills",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 232
        },
        {
            "number": "234",
            "title": "234. Types of wills.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Public;\n(b) Printed open;\n(c) Closed or sealed;\n(d) Wills made outside Goa.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 233
        },
        {
            "number": "235",
            "title": "235. Public will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 234
        },
        {
            "number": "236",
            "title": "236. Printed open will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 235
        },
        {
            "number": "237",
            "title": "237. Closed or sealed will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 236
        },
        {
            "number": "238",
            "title": "238. Incompetence to make a closed will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 237
        },
        {
            "number": "239",
            "title": "239. Failure to present the closed will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 238
        },
        {
            "number": "240",
            "title": "240. Fraudulent removal of will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 239
        },
        {
            "number": "241",
            "title": "241. Where the closed will is found open.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 240
        },
        {
            "number": "242",
            "title": "242. Tampered or torn will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Where the will is found cancelled and obliterated, or torn, either amidst the effects of the testator or in the possession of a third party, to such an extent that it is not possible to read the original disposition, it shall be deemed to be non-existent;\n(b) Where it is proved that any person other than the testator has tampered with the will, the provisions of sections 239 and 240 which are applicable to a person who fraudulently withholds or removes the will shall be applicable to such person.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 241
        },
        {
            "number": "243",
            "title": "243. Presumption as to who is responsible.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 242
        },
        {
            "number": "244",
            "title": "244. Torn will found amidst the effects of the testator.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 243
        },
        {
            "number": "245",
            "title": "245. Wills under this Code to become operative upon death.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 244
        },
        {
            "number": "246",
            "title": "246. Wills made outside Goa.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XIII\nManagement of the inheritance head of the family",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 245
        },
        {
            "number": "247",
            "title": "247. To whom the office of head of the family belongs.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the surviving spouse, unless the spouse does not have a share in the assets to be partitioned and does not have descendants, who are still minors, as heirs;\n(b) the children, who are not under a disability, and in default of children, other descendants who are not under a disability;\n(c) the other heirs, who are not -under a disability.\n(a) the heirs who are living with the deceased over the others;\n(b) where there are more than one in the same circumstances, the elder shall have preference.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 246
        },
        {
            "number": "248",
            "title": "248. When the guardian is appointed head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 247
        },
        {
            "number": "249",
            "title": "249. Eldest of the spouses to be the head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 248
        },
        {
            "number": "250",
            "title": "250. Special head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 249
        },
        {
            "number": "251",
            "title": "251. Duty to initiate the inventory.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 250
        },
        {
            "number": "252",
            "title": "252. When half of the income may be distributed.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 251
        },
        {
            "number": "253",
            "title": "253. Rights and duties of the head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 252
        },
        {
            "number": "254",
            "title": "254. Head of the family when there are only legacies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 253
        },
        {
            "number": "255",
            "title": "255. When the head of the family seeks exemption or is removed.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 254
        },
        {
            "number": "256",
            "title": "256. Concealment of assets of the inheritance by the head of the family or heir.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 255
        },
        {
            "number": "257",
            "title": "257. Fraudulent description.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 256
        },
        {
            "number": "258",
            "title": "258. Fraudulent concealment of documents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Executor\nExecutor",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 257
        },
        {
            "number": "259",
            "title": "259. Executor appointed by the testator.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 258
        },
        {
            "number": "260",
            "title": "260. Who may be executor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 259
        },
        {
            "number": "261",
            "title": "261. Appointment of executor by court.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 260
        },
        {
            "number": "262",
            "title": "262. Where the executor declines to accept the office.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 261
        },
        {
            "number": "263",
            "title": "263. Time limit to decline appointment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 262
        },
        {
            "number": "264",
            "title": "264. When the executor may resign.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 263
        },
        {
            "number": "265",
            "title": "265. Office of the executor is gratuitous.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 264
        },
        {
            "number": "266",
            "title": "266. Impediments to become executor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) where the hereditary shares are not equal, the office shall vest in the heir who is the most benefited;\n(b) where the hereditary shares are equal, the parties shall appoint the executor from amongst them, and, in case of disagreement or when one of them is a minor or an interdict or an absent person, the competent Court shall appoint one amongst them.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 265
        },
        {
            "number": "267",
            "title": "267. Powers of the executor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 266
        },
        {
            "number": "268",
            "title": "268. General duties of the executor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) to make arrangements for the funeral of the testator and to pay the respective expenses and religious ceremonies in accordance with the wishes of the testator or, where the will makes no provision in this regard, according to the customary usages;\n(ii) to cause registration of the closed will, if it is in his custody, before the competent authority, within thirty days from the date of the knowledge of the death of the testator;\n(iii) to carry out or execute the testamentary dispositions and to defend, if necessary, their validity in or outside the court;\n(iv) to allow the parties to take inspection of the will, if it is in his custody, and to allow true copies thereof to be taken, when so requested.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 267
        },
        {
            "number": "269",
            "title": "269. Duty to initiate inventory.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) Where the testator has empowered the executor to utilize the income of a certain part of the estate for the benefit of a charitable or public utility foundation or trust or institution, which is intended to be created by the will or which does not have a legal personality, the executor shall initiate inventory proceeding and apply for the sale of such part of the estate by public auction.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 268
        },
        {
            "number": "270",
            "title": "270. When the testator leaves forced heirs.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 269
        },
        {
            "number": "271",
            "title": "271. Where the testator does not leave forced heirs.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 270
        },
        {
            "number": "272",
            "title": "272. Time limit to carry out the will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 271
        },
        {
            "number": "273",
            "title": "273. Joint executors.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 272
        },
        {
            "number": "274",
            "title": "274. Duty to render accounts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 273
        },
        {
            "number": "275",
            "title": "275. Office of executor not transferable or heritable.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 274
        },
        {
            "number": "276",
            "title": "276. Accretion of remuneration.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 275
        },
        {
            "number": "277",
            "title": "277. Expenses of the executor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 276
        },
        {
            "number": "278",
            "title": "278. When the executor is guilty of deceit or fraud.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XIV\nPartition",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 277
        },
        {
            "number": "279",
            "title": "279. Effects of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 278
        },
        {
            "number": "280",
            "title": "280. Consequences of co-heir and moiety holder being deprived of possession.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 279
        },
        {
            "number": "281",
            "title": "281. Limitation for suit for damages.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 280
        },
        {
            "number": "282",
            "title": "282. Partition done out of court.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 281
        },
        {
            "number": "283",
            "title": "283. Rescission in case of out of court partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XV\nSupplemental Provisions",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 282
        },
        {
            "number": "284",
            "title": "284. Sale of share in undivided inheritance: right of preemption.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 283
        },
        {
            "number": "285",
            "title": "285. Notice to moiety holder or co-heirs.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 284
        },
        {
            "number": "286",
            "title": "286. Sham sale.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 285
        },
        {
            "number": "287",
            "title": "287. Creation of easement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Usufruct\nUsufruct",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 286
        },
        {
            "number": "288",
            "title": "288. Definition of usufruct.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 287
        },
        {
            "number": "289",
            "title": "289. Constitution of usufruct.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 288
        },
        {
            "number": "290",
            "title": "290. Extinguishment of usufruct.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 289
        },
        {
            "number": "291",
            "title": "291. Right of the usufructuary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 290
        },
        {
            "number": "292",
            "title": "292. Determination of usufruct.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 291
        },
        {
            "number": "293",
            "title": "293. Emphyteusis.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 292
        },
        {
            "number": "294",
            "title": "294. Divisibility of the emphyteusis.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 293
        },
        {
            "number": "295",
            "title": "295. Acts contrary to law.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part III\nSpecial Notaries\nChapter XVI\nEstablishment of District Special Notaries and Special Notaries",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 294
        },
        {
            "number": "296",
            "title": "296. District and Sub-Districts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 295
        },
        {
            "number": "297",
            "title": "297. Special Notaries.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 296
        },
        {
            "number": "298",
            "title": "298. Offices of the District Special Notary and the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 297
        },
        {
            "number": "299",
            "title": "299. Absence of District Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 298
        },
        {
            "number": "300",
            "title": "300. Absence of Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 299
        },
        {
            "number": "301",
            "title": "301. Seal of the District Special Notary and the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 300
        },
        {
            "number": "302",
            "title": "302. State Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 301
        },
        {
            "number": "303",
            "title": "303. Qualifications.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XVII\nFunctions of the Special Notary",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 302
        },
        {
            "number": "304",
            "title": "304. Function of the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 303
        },
        {
            "number": "305",
            "title": "305. Status of the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 304
        },
        {
            "number": "306",
            "title": "306. Evidentiary value of the documents drawn by the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 305
        },
        {
            "number": "307",
            "title": "307. What instruments are to be drawn only by way of authentic document.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Public will;\n(b) Record of printed open will;\n(c) Record of approval of the closed will;\n(d) Record of the opening of the closed will;\n(e) Instrument of consent to the will by the spouse of the testator or the testatrix;\n(f) Instrument of revocation of will;\n(g) Instrument of rehabilitation of a person unworthy to succeed;\n(h) Instrument of renunciation of inheritance;\n(i) Instrument of declaration of heirship;\n(j) Instrument of ante nuptial agreement;\n(k) Deed of adoption under the law in force in Goa;\n(l) Special Power of Attorney for acts to be done under this Act;\n(m) Instrument of declaration of the option exercised under clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (4) of section 1.\nChapter XVIII\nBooks, Indices and Fire Proof Boxes",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 306
        },
        {
            "number": "308",
            "title": "308. Obligation of the State to provide books to the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 307
        },
        {
            "number": "309",
            "title": "309. Books to be maintained by the Special Notary and District Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) a daily register of instruments drawn under this Act;\n(ii) a register of index of wills;\n(iii) a book of public wills;\n(iv) a register of printed open wills;\n(v) a register of approval of closed wills;\n(vi) a register of deposit of closed wills;\n(vii) a register of opening of closed wills;\n(viii) a register of return of closed wills;\n(ix) a register of rehabilitation of a person unworthy to succeed;\n(x) a register of refusal to act as executor;\n(xi) a register of record of acquiescence given by the spouses;\n(xii) a register of renunciation of inheritance, adoption, ante-nuptial agreements, revocation of wills, declaration of heirship, orders refusing to perform an act and such other acts provided under law to be performed by the Special Notary;\n(xiii) a register of Special Power of Attorney;\n(xiv) a register of declaration under clauses (c) and (d) of section 1;\n(xv) a register of plans.\n(xvi) a register of all other documents filed in his office;\n(xvii) a register of index of other instruments;\n(xviii) book of accounts of fees and stamp duty.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 308
        },
        {
            "number": "310",
            "title": "310. Requirement of the notarial books.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 309
        },
        {
            "number": "311",
            "title": "311. Indexes to be maintained.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) index of the public open will;\n(b) index of the printed open will;\n(c) index of the closed will;\n(d) index of other instruments.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 310
        },
        {
            "number": "312",
            "title": "312. Maintenance and preservation of books and other records.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 311
        },
        {
            "number": "313",
            "title": "313. Special Notaries to allow inspection of indices and give certified copies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 312
        },
        {
            "number": "314",
            "title": "314. Power of the State Special Notary and District Notary to superintend and control Special Notaries.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XIX\nPowers of the District Special Notary and Special Notary",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 313
        },
        {
            "number": "315",
            "title": "315. Powers of the Special Notaries.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 314
        },
        {
            "number": "316",
            "title": "316. Power to administer oath.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 315
        },
        {
            "number": "317",
            "title": "317. Incompetence to act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 316
        },
        {
            "number": "318",
            "title": "318. Duty of the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 317
        },
        {
            "number": "319",
            "title": "319. When the Special Notary shall refuse to perform the act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) If such act is forbidden by law;\n(b) If the Special Notary doubts the mental faculties of any party, unless one of the witnesses be a doctor and the Special Notary records that such doctor has certified that such party is in his full senses.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 318
        },
        {
            "number": "320",
            "title": "320. Refusal to perform an act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 319
        },
        {
            "number": "321",
            "title": "321. Order of the District Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 320
        },
        {
            "number": "322",
            "title": "322. Suit in case of party being aggrieved by order of the District Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XX\nAuthentic Instrument in General",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 321
        },
        {
            "number": "323",
            "title": "323. Who may be witnesses identifiers and certifiers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) persons who are not in their full senses;\n(b) minors;\n(c) deaf, dumb and blind;\n(d) the Special Notary and his spouse or their ascendants, descendants, brothers and sisters, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and his staff;\n(e) persons directly interested in the deed;\n(f) ascendants in the acts of the descendants and vice versa;\n(g) father-in-law or mother-in-law in the acts of the son-in-law or daughter-in-law and vice versa;\n(h) husband in the acts of the wife and vice versa;\n(i) husband and wife together.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 322
        },
        {
            "number": "324",
            "title": "324. Requisites of authentic documents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the hour, date, month, year and the place where the document was drawn or signed when drawn outside the office and the statement that the Special Notary went there at the express request of the party;\n(ii) full name of the Special Notary, his designation as such Special Notary, and the address of his office;\n(iii) full names, age, marital status, professions and addresses of the parties, and of their attorney or representatives, if the latter intervened directly in the deed;\n(iv) a reference to the powers of attorney and other documents which prove they are attorneys or representatives, so also other documents relating to the acts or which are part and parcel of the latter, with the dates and other details which identify them. The power of attorney executed abroad shall be counter-signed by the Indian Diplomatic Agent or the Consular services and shall be duly stamped by the competent Collector in Goa;\n(v) the acknowledgment of the identity of the parties from his personal knowledge or from the statement of the identifiers who know them;\n(vi) reference of the oath taken by the interpreters and the reasons which required their intervention and the manner in which the interpreters ascertained the wishes of the parties and explained to them the contents of the documents;\n(vii) full names, age, status, professions and address of the witnesses, interpreters and identifiers and also of the persons who read the documents at the request of the parties;\n(viii) the statement of the party that he does not know to sign or cannot sign;\n(ix) reference to the fact that the Special Notary has read aloud the document to the parties in the simultaneous presence of the parties, the witnesses and other persons who have intervened and of the reading by the interpreter or by any of the parties or any other person at their request, when compulsory;\n(x) the errata memo describing the corrections, inter-lineations, alterations, words struck through or if any erasures before the signatures of parties, witnesses and Special Notary;\n(xi) signatures of the parties at the end of the text when they know or can sign and of the witnesses and other persons who have intervened;\n(xii) signature of the Special Notary which shall be made at the end of the document;\n(xiii) the value of the notarial stamp affixed shall be mentioned in the instrument;\n(xiv) the instrument shall be recorded in the language of the court. Where the party does not know such language, the page where the instrument is written shall be divided into two columns and in left column the instrument shall be recorded in the language of the court and in the right in the language known to the party. The translator shall intervene in the instrument and shall solemnly declare that the translation is true and correct.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 323
        },
        {
            "number": "325",
            "title": "325. How instruments are to be recorded.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 324
        },
        {
            "number": "326",
            "title": "326. Dumb and deaf.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXI\nPublic open will",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 325
        },
        {
            "number": "327",
            "title": "327. Identification of the testator and his condition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 326
        },
        {
            "number": "328",
            "title": "328. Place, time and date of the will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 327
        },
        {
            "number": "329",
            "title": "329. When a plan is attached to the will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 328
        },
        {
            "number": "330",
            "title": "330. When the testator does not know or is unable to write.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 329
        },
        {
            "number": "331",
            "title": "331. When the testator is deaf.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 330
        },
        {
            "number": "332",
            "title": "332. Formalities to be complied without break.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXII\nPrinted open will",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 331
        },
        {
            "number": "333",
            "title": "333. Printed open will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) The will shall be printed in double line spacing on one side of the paper only leaving a margin of 5 cm. on left side, 3 cms on top and the bottom and one cm on the right side of the paper. The print shall be continuous without break between words and numbers shall be written in words.\n(c) After the title, the testator shall set out his full name, occupation, marital status and description which shall contain the names of both the parents, his age and place of residence.\n(d) All the open wills brought before the Notary, until they are preserved in a form of a bound book, as provided in sub-section (7), shall be maintained in a provisional file. In the same file, all the wills so presented shall be kept as per the serial order of its presentation and their pages numbered serially.\n(a) that the will was presented by the testator in person and that the testator declared that it was his last wish;\n(b) that all the pages of the will were signed by the testator and the witnesses in his presence;\n(c) state the number of pages the will contains;\n(d) make mention to any blot, inter-lineations, correction or marginal note in the will;\n(e) that the testator was identified by witnesses;\n(f) that the testator was in his perfect senses and wholly free from coercion;\n(g) the number which the pages will bear in the file containing open will.\nChapter XXIII\nClosed Will",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 332
        },
        {
            "number": "334",
            "title": "334. Presentation of closed will and approval by the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) whether the will is written and signed by the testator;\n(b) whether it is initialed by the person who has signed it;\n(c) the number of the pages of the will;\n(d) whether it has or does not have any blot, inter-lineations, corrections or marginal notes;\n(e) whether the testator was identified;\n(f) whether the testator was in his perfect senses and wholly free from any coercion;\n(g) whether the will was presented by the testator in person in the manner required by law.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 333
        },
        {
            "number": "335",
            "title": "335. Record of the approval of the closed will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 334
        },
        {
            "number": "336",
            "title": "336. Failure to comply with formalities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 335
        },
        {
            "number": "337",
            "title": "337. Delivery of the closed will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 336
        },
        {
            "number": "338",
            "title": "338. Custody of the closed will and its deposit with the Special Notary.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 337
        },
        {
            "number": "339",
            "title": "339. Who may deposit the will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 338
        },
        {
            "number": "340",
            "title": "340. Special power of attorney for return of the will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXIV\nOpening of the closed will",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 339
        },
        {
            "number": "341",
            "title": "341. Formalities to open a closed will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 340
        },
        {
            "number": "342",
            "title": "342. Proceedings on death of the depositor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 341
        },
        {
            "number": "343",
            "title": "343. Book of record.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXV\nRegistration of the closed will after opening",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 342
        },
        {
            "number": "344",
            "title": "344. Registration of will.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 343
        },
        {
            "number": "345",
            "title": "345. Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under the preceding section.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXVI\nInstrument of Declaration of Heirship",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 344
        },
        {
            "number": "346",
            "title": "346. Declaration of heirship.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) death certificate of the deceased;\n(b) will or gift deed mortis causa, when the succession is founded on such document;\n(c) document to prove the relationship of the heir or heirs to the deceased;\n(i) mutation;\n(ii) transfer of shares;\n(iii) withdrawal of money from a bank or other financial institution where the deposit does not exceed Rs. 50,000/- Provided that where there is only one heir, there is no restriction on withdrawal of any amount from the deposit.\nChapter XXVII\nVoid Notarial Acts",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 345
        },
        {
            "number": "347",
            "title": "347. Notarial acts when void.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) incompetence of the Special Notary as regards the subject and place;\n(ii) failure to mention the day, date, month, year and place, However when it is possible to ascertain which is the correct date, month, year and place from the context of the documents or other material available in the office of the Special Notary, the nullity on the ground of failure to mention them shall not subsist;\n(iii) absence of signature of the parties when they know to or can sign;\n(iv) absence of signatures of two witnesses at least when the law does not require more;\n(v) failure to identify the party;\n(vi) failure to mention the power of attorney, if the act is done by the attorney;\n(vii) absence of errata memo of the corrections, inter-lineations, dashes or erasures made.\n(viii) absence of the signature of the Special Notary.\nChapter XXVIII\nValidation of Notarial Acts",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 346
        },
        {
            "number": "348",
            "title": "348. Validation of Notarial acts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) when in the circumstances mentioned in clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 347, it is proved that respectable persons are required by law were present;\n(b) when in the circumstances mentioned in clause (iv) of sub-section (1) of section 347 the identity of the party to the instrument is proved;\n(c) When in the circumstances mentioned in clause (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 347, it is proved that the deed was written in his hand by the Special Notary or by the Joint Special Notary in terms of section 324 and 325 and a certified true copy, signed by the Special Notary or by the Joint Special Notary is issued:\n(i) Public wills or record of approval of closed wills where a mention as to the formal requirement set out in the body of this section is made, may be validated when in the respective suit it is proved that the above requirements had been complied with;\n(ii) The decree validating the documents shall be endorsed in the respective deed on application of the parties or by the Special Notary suo motu;\n(iii) Notwithstanding such validation, the Special Notary shall be liable for the losses caused and shall also be liable to disciplinary proceedings and the damages which he is liable to pay, may be determined in the above mentioned suit.\nChapter XXIX\nCivil liability of the Special Notary",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 347
        },
        {
            "number": "349",
            "title": "349. Liability to disciplinary proceedings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) when he loses or destroys any books, registers or documents of his office or willfully allows them to be lost or destroyed;\n(ii) when he refuses to perform his functions at the right time without just cause;\n(iii) where his act is declared false and he is responsible for the falsification;\n(iv) when he issues certified copy which is not as per the originals;\n(v) when his act is declared void by a court on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the Special Notary;\n(vi) when his act is declared void by a court on the account of incapacity of the parties or their attorneys or representatives, and if he had knowledge of their incapacity at the time the act was performed;\n(vii) when his act is declared void by a court for lack of competence of the witnesses and he had knowledge of such fact at the time the act was done;\n(viii) when his act is declared void for non-compliance with formal requirement, on grounds other than the lack of competence of witnesses;\n(ix) when his act is declared void on account of coercion, and if he had knowledge of the coercion at the time the act was performed or he was a party to the coercion;\n(x) when his act is declared void on the ground that he has intentionally induced a party into a mistake.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 348
        },
        {
            "number": "350",
            "title": "350. Insufficiency of stamp.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 349
        },
        {
            "number": "351",
            "title": "351. Discretion to state the provision and accept a draft.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXX\nCertified copies",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 350
        },
        {
            "number": "352",
            "title": "352. Who may apply.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 351
        },
        {
            "number": "353",
            "title": "353. To whom certified copy may be delivered.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 352
        },
        {
            "number": "354",
            "title": "354. Time limit to issue certified copies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 353
        },
        {
            "number": "355",
            "title": "355. When a reference is made to other documents in the main instrument.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 354
        },
        {
            "number": "356",
            "title": "356. When a reference is made to a drawing or plan in the main instrument.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 355
        },
        {
            "number": "357",
            "title": "357. Manner in which certified copy is to be issued.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 356
        },
        {
            "number": "358",
            "title": "358. When there are inter-lineations, erasures and corrections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXXI\nFees",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 357
        },
        {
            "number": "359",
            "title": "359. Fees be fixed by the State Government.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 358
        },
        {
            "number": "360",
            "title": "360. Publication of fees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXXII\nPenalties",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 359
        },
        {
            "number": "361",
            "title": "361. Penalty for incorrectly recording, endorsing, copying, and translating documents with intent to injure.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 360
        },
        {
            "number": "362",
            "title": "362. Penalties for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation and abetment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) intentionally makes any false statement, whether on oath, or not, whether it has been recorded or not, before any officer acting under this Act;\n(b) intentionally delivers to any officer acting under this Act, a false copy or translation of a document or a false copy of a map or plan;\n(c) personates another before any officer acting under this Act;\n(d) abets anything made punishable under this Act,",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 361
        },
        {
            "number": "363",
            "title": "363. Thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity by an officer acting under this Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 362
        },
        {
            "number": "364",
            "title": "364. Nothing so done is invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure of appointment of an officer acting under this Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXXIII\nMiscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 363
        },
        {
            "number": "365",
            "title": "365. Ex-officio powers and acts to be done after office hours.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part IV\nInventory Proceeding\nChapter XXXIV\nTypes of Inventory Proceedings",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 364
        },
        {
            "number": "366",
            "title": "366. Mandatory Inventory.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 365
        },
        {
            "number": "367",
            "title": "367. Optional Inventory.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 366
        },
        {
            "number": "368",
            "title": "368. Inventory upon divorce, or separation or annulment of marriage.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Wherever any spouse seeks separation of common assets or where either spouse is declared as insolvent or bankrupt, the procedure specified in sub-section (1) shall be followed with the following modification:-\n(i) the creditor of the indebted spouse or any creditor in case of insolvency or bankruptcy shall have the right to prosecute the inventory;\n(ii) debts which are not proved by documentary evidence shall not be approved;\n(iii) the other spouse has the right to choose the assets which shall constitute his or her moiety. If such right is exercised, notice thereof shall be given to the creditors who may object to the choice giving the grounds on which such objections are based.\n(b) Where the court upholds the objection of the creditors, the court shall order that a second valuation of such assets as have not been properly valued be done by three valuers appointed by the aggrieved spouse, the creditor and the court.\n(c) When the second valuation modifies the value of the assets chosen by the aggrieved spouse, he/she may within 10 days from the conclusion of the appraisal, withdraw from the choice exercised. Thereupon, the moieties shall be allotted by draw of lots.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 367
        },
        {
            "number": "369",
            "title": "369. Inventory where a party dies after allotment in inventory proceeding which were finally disposed of.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 368
        },
        {
            "number": "370",
            "title": "370. Inventory upon death of the surviving spouse.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 369
        },
        {
            "number": "371",
            "title": "371. Additional partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 370
        },
        {
            "number": "372",
            "title": "372. Inventory in the event of dissolution of joint family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXXV\nJurisdiction",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 371
        },
        {
            "number": "373",
            "title": "373. Jurisdiction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) partition;\n(b) declaration of a person as heir or representative of the deceased.\n(i) If the deceased had a permanent residence in the State of Goa, the succession opens at the place of his permanent residence;\n(ii) If the deceased did not have a permanent residence in Goa, the succession opens where his immovable properties are situated in Goa. If his immovable properties are situated at different places in Goa, the succession opens where the major part of these properties are situated. Such major part is calculated on the basis of the value of the properties.\n(iii) If the immovable properties of the deceased who was governed by this Act are situated partly in Goa and partly outside Goa, the succession opens in Goa irrespective of the value of the properties;\n(iv) The succession of a person, who died outside the State of Goa, and he did not have a permanent residence in Goa, nor did he own any immovable properties in Goa but has movables in Goa, opens at the place where major part of the movable assets are located;\n(v) If the deceased did not have a permanent residence nor immovable properties in Goa, the succession opens at the place where he died in the State of Goa.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 372
        },
        {
            "number": "374",
            "title": "374. Consolidation of inventories.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) when the persons among whom the properties are to be partitioned are the same;\n(b) when the inheritances left by both the spouses are to be partitioned.\n(i) If the dependence is total because in one of the partitions there are no assets other than those, which are to be allotted to the deceased in the other, the application for consolidation shall not be refused.\n(ii) If the dependence is partial because there are other assets, the application for consolidation shall be decided, taking into consideration the interests of the parties and the smooth course of the proceeding;\nChapter XXXVI\nHead of the family",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 373
        },
        {
            "number": "375",
            "title": "375. Petition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 374
        },
        {
            "number": "376",
            "title": "376. Order of appointment of head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the name and status of the estate leaver, date on which and the place where he died;\n(ii) the name, status, age and capacity of the heirs, testamentary or legal, without excluding those who are known to have been conceived and the degree of kinship of the legal heirs;\n(iii) whether the estate leaver has left a will or a gift and, if so, the head of the family shall produce the original or a certified copy of the will or of the gift deed;\n(iv) whether the estate leaver was married and, whether there was an ante-nuptial agreement and if so, he shall produce a certified copy of the agreement;\n(v) where a party is subject to orphan's jurisdiction, the names of persons who shall constitute the family council. The court may accept or reject the proposed names;\n(vi) whether there are assets to be collated and give the names of the conferees. The head of the family shall also give the names and addresses of the legatees and of the creditors;\n(vii) what are the assets of inheritance.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 375
        },
        {
            "number": "377",
            "title": "377. Inquiry for appointment of head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 376
        },
        {
            "number": "378",
            "title": "378. Evidentiary value of the declaration of the head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 377
        },
        {
            "number": "379",
            "title": "379. Rights and Duties of the Head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) The head of the family shall not alienate any of the assets of the inheritance except fruits and other perishable articles. However, the head of the family may create a lease of a temporary nature which shall come to an end upon the conclusion of the inventory proceeding.\n(c) The head of the family shall be bound to defend and protect the estate.\n(d) The head of the family shall take such legal steps as may be necessary to recover debts payable to the inheritance when they are likely to become time barred, and in case the head of the family files a suit for recovery of a debt, any of the co-heirs may apply to the court that he be made a party to the proceeding.\n(e) The creditors of the inheritance may sue the head of the family to secure a preventive relief. But, in a matter relating to title to the properties or to recovery of debts, he shall not be so sued without impleading all the co-heirs.\n(f) The head of the family is entitled to be reimbursed for the expenses incurred by him on account of the estate, with interest thereon; but he shall not be liable to pay interest in respect of the amount received by him on account of the estate, except from the time he is in default.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 378
        },
        {
            "number": "380",
            "title": "380. Concealment of assets by head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 379
        },
        {
            "number": "381",
            "title": "381. Consequences of concealment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) Where the head of the family has concealed the title deeds necessary to know the nature or the charges of the assets, he shall be liable for damages resulting from such concealment.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 380
        },
        {
            "number": "382",
            "title": "382. Consequence of giving a list of assets based on false documents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 381
        },
        {
            "number": "383",
            "title": "383. Duration of office of head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 382
        },
        {
            "number": "384",
            "title": "384. Removal of the head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) delays in filing the list of assets and liabilities;\n(ii) fails to indicate to the valuers the assets which are to be evaluated;\n(iii) does not appear in court, when required;\n(iv) does not produce the required documents;\n(v) does not give declarations or statements which are required from him; or\n(vi) does not manage the assets with zeal and prudence;\n(vii) in any other manner fails to discharge the duties of the office.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 383
        },
        {
            "number": "385",
            "title": "385. Discharge of the head of the family from holding office.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) when he is seventy years of age or above;\n(b) when he is unable to perform his functions properly on the grounds of ill health;\n(c) when he resides outside the jurisdiction of the court.\n(d) when the functions as head of family are incompatible with the functions of the public post he is holding.\nChapter XXXVII\nHearings",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 384
        },
        {
            "number": "386",
            "title": "386. Hearings in the inventory proceeding.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 385
        },
        {
            "number": "387",
            "title": "387. Prosecution of inventory.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 386
        },
        {
            "number": "388",
            "title": "388. Proceeding in absentia.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 387
        },
        {
            "number": "389",
            "title": "389. Parties under disability.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 388
        },
        {
            "number": "390",
            "title": "390. Discharge of guardian, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 389
        },
        {
            "number": "391",
            "title": "391. Discharge or removal of guardian, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 390
        },
        {
            "number": "392",
            "title": "392. Composition of the Family Council.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 391
        },
        {
            "number": "393",
            "title": "393. Death of moiety holder or heir during the pendency of the proceeding.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 392
        },
        {
            "number": "394",
            "title": "394. Challenge to the maintainability of the proceeding and other objections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) challenge the maintainability of the inventory proceeding;\n(ii) contend that any of the parties to the inventory is under disability;\n(iii) dispute their own locus standi or the locus standi of any other party who has been served with summon, unless they have been served with the summon as creditors;\n(iv) challenge the competence of the head of family to hold such office;\n(v) apply that the partition should be restricted to certain assets on the ground that the remaining assets have been legally partitioned only.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 393
        },
        {
            "number": "395",
            "title": "395. Application to be declared interested party, legatee or creditor and to be made party to the proceeding.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 394
        },
        {
            "number": "396",
            "title": "396. Intended sale of a share in an undivided inheritance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 395
        },
        {
            "number": "397",
            "title": "397. Sale of share in the undivided inheritance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 396
        },
        {
            "number": "398",
            "title": "398. Order of priority and procedure.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) all the co-heirs jointly in a conference;\n(ii) the moiety holder;\n(iii) individual heir.\n(b) If any interested party expressly preempts and, then, fails to make the payment or deposit the price within 15 days time, he shall forfeit his right. Such failure shall be brought to the notice of next largest shareholder, who has exercised the right of preemption, and he shall have to make the payment or deposit the price, within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notice, and so on.\n(c) Where the shares are equal, all those who applied for preemption, shall be summoned to appear in court for licitation. Minutes of the licitation shall be drawn and the highest bid of each bidder shall be recorded. The highest bidder shall make the payment within 15 days from the date of the licitation, failing which he shall forfeit his right. Such failure shall be brought to the notice of the next highest bidder who shall have to make the payment or deposit the price within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notice and so on.\nChapter XXXVIII\nInitial list of assets",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 397
        },
        {
            "number": "399",
            "title": "399. Initial list of assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 398
        },
        {
            "number": "400",
            "title": "400. Objections to the list of assets and other objections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) that all assets have not been listed;\n(b) that the head of the family or the donee denies the existence of the assets in his possession;\n(c) that the head of the family or the donee denies his duties or obligation to collate;\n(d) that the head of the family or the donee disputes that he has received assets which are attributed to have been received by him.\n(b) The provisions of sub-section (6) shall be applicable to this sub-section.\n(c) Where the dispute cannot be decided in the inventory proceeding, the head of the family or the donee shall not receive the assets allotted to him without furnishing a security corresponding to the value of the disputed assets.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 399
        },
        {
            "number": "401",
            "title": "401. When co-heirs are called upon to give a list of assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 400
        },
        {
            "number": "402",
            "title": "402. Deletion of assets listed in the preliminary list.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 401
        },
        {
            "number": "403",
            "title": "403. Disputes relating to concealment of assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XXXIX\nLiabilities of the inheritance",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 402
        },
        {
            "number": "404",
            "title": "404. Payment of debts of inheritance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 403
        },
        {
            "number": "405",
            "title": "405. Funeral expenses.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 404
        },
        {
            "number": "406",
            "title": "406. Redemption of certain encumbrances in rem.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 405
        },
        {
            "number": "407",
            "title": "407. Creditor's claim.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 406
        },
        {
            "number": "408",
            "title": "408. Debtor's denial.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 407
        },
        {
            "number": "409",
            "title": "409. Valuation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 408
        },
        {
            "number": "410",
            "title": "410. Valuation by officer of the court.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XL\nFinal list, conference of the parties and payment of debts",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 409
        },
        {
            "number": "411",
            "title": "411. Final list.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 410
        },
        {
            "number": "412",
            "title": "412. Division by metes and bounds.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 411
        },
        {
            "number": "413",
            "title": "413. Objection to overvaluation, conference, application for licitation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) raise the issue that assets have been overvalued;\n(b) state whether they wish that all or certain assets be put to licitation;\n(c) apply that conference of interested parties be convened:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 412
        },
        {
            "number": "414",
            "title": "414. Who may decide on behalf of persons under disability.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 413
        },
        {
            "number": "415",
            "title": "415. Conference of the interested parties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 414
        },
        {
            "number": "416",
            "title": "416. Debts payable by the inheritance and mode of payment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 415
        },
        {
            "number": "417",
            "title": "417. Power of the Court to decide on debts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 416
        },
        {
            "number": "418",
            "title": "418. Disagreement on the approval of debts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 417
        },
        {
            "number": "419",
            "title": "419. Payment of debts fallen due.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 418
        },
        {
            "number": "420",
            "title": "420. When debts are approved by some of the interested parties only.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 419
        },
        {
            "number": "421",
            "title": "421. Resolution on mode of payment of debts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 420
        },
        {
            "number": "422",
            "title": "422. When do legatees decide on the mode of payment of debts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 421
        },
        {
            "number": "423",
            "title": "423. Insolvency.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 422
        },
        {
            "number": "424",
            "title": "424. Emphyteusis.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 423
        },
        {
            "number": "425",
            "title": "425. Overvaluation of assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XLI\nLicitation",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 424
        },
        {
            "number": "426",
            "title": "426. Licitation of asset which is not susceptible to division without detriment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 425
        },
        {
            "number": "427",
            "title": "427. Licitation of gifted assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Where the application is in respect of an asset which is susceptible to division, licitation in respect of the part which the donee has to return may be held but the donee shall not be allowed to take part in the licitation.\n(b) Where the application pertains to an asset which by its nature is not susceptible to division without detriment, licitation may be held and the donee is allowed to take part in it.\n(c) If none of the preceding provisions of this chapter are applicable, the donee shall be permitted to choose such of the gifted assets as are necessary to fill up his share in the inheritance and the charges or encumbrances on the gift. The donee shall return the properties in excess of his share and the assets so returned shall be put to licitation, if applied for, or has already been applied for, but, the donee shall not be allowed to take part in the licitation.\n(d) The objection of the donee, should be raised within 30 days of the service of notice of the application if, at that time, licitation of the gifted assets has already been applied for or during the conference itself where licitation is applied for, and the donee is present. If none of the above conditions are satisfied, the donee shall be notified before the licitation to raise his objection within 10 days.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 426
        },
        {
            "number": "428",
            "title": "428. Licitation of bequeathed assets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 427
        },
        {
            "number": "429",
            "title": "429. When licitation is to be held.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 428
        },
        {
            "number": "430",
            "title": "430. Licitation defined.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 429
        },
        {
            "number": "431",
            "title": "431. When licitation may be annulled.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XLII\nSecond Valuation",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 430
        },
        {
            "number": "432",
            "title": "432. Second valuation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 431
        },
        {
            "number": "433",
            "title": "433. Inofficious legacy.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) The return shall be made in cash, when the inofficious part is smaller than the other part, and in such a case any party may apply for the second valuation of the bequeathed thing,\n(ii) The return shall be done in specie if the inofficious part is equal or larger than the other part, and in such case the legatee may apply for the bequeathed thing be put to licitation.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 432
        },
        {
            "number": "434",
            "title": "434. Procedure for second valuation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 433
        },
        {
            "number": "435",
            "title": "435. Scheme of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 434
        },
        {
            "number": "436",
            "title": "436. Procedure for filling up the shares of the parties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Gifted assets or assets struck down in the licitation shall be allotted to the respective donee or bidder.\n(b) Assets of the same kind and nature as the properties gifted or struck down in the licitation shall be allotted to the parties who do not collate or to the parties who are not the highest bidders.\n(c) When it is not possible to satisfy the co-heirs with assets of the same kind and nature, where the gifted assets are immovable, the said co-heirs shall be entitled to be identified in money and, if there are no fund in the inheritance, as many assets as may be necessary to secure the sum due, shall be sold in public auction.\n(d) However, if the gifted assets are movables, the co-heirs shall be entitled to be satisfied with other movables of the inheritance according to their value.\n(e) The same principle shall be followed if some heirs have received legacies, to compensate the co-heirs who have not received legacies.\n(f) The remaining assets shall be distributed by drawing lots amongst the parties, after forming equal lots.\n(g) Debts due to the inheritance which are disputed, debts which are not sufficiently proved, and assets which have no value shall be distributed proportionately amongst the parties. Debts due by the inheritance which have been approved by all the parties, shall be allotted proportionately, unless a different mode of payment is agreed upon.\nChapter XLIII\nChart of partition",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 435
        },
        {
            "number": "437",
            "title": "437. Chart of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) The total amount of assets shall be determined by adding the values of each kind of assets as attributed to them in the valuation and in the licitation and by deducting debts which have to be paid by inheritance, legacies and encumbrances which ought to be reduced;\n(ii) The amount of the share of each party shall be worked out and also the part which is allotted to the party in each type of asset, shall be shown lastly;\n(iii) The allotment of each share will be done by referring to the number of the item in the final list of assets and liabilities.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 436
        },
        {
            "number": "438",
            "title": "438. Preliminary chart.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Where ad-midst the properties gifted to a co-heir, there is an indivisible property which does not fit as a whole in the share of the donee, the court shall direct that such property shall form part of the mass of the partible properties as any other property of the inheritance;\n(b) In other cases, the court shall issue notice to the donee to exercise within 10 days his right to choose from amongst the gifted properties those necessary to make up his share in the inheritance and, if he fails to exercise such choice, his share shall be filled with such properties as the court deems fit;\n(c) Where the gift made to a stranger is inofficious it shall be reduced in accordance with sections 111 to 121 of this Act;\n(d) The court shall notify the unsuccessful bidders, and those who did not take part in the licitation, who are to be paid owelty monies by the successful bidders, to demand within 10 days the payment of the owelty money, if they so desire, unless such amount has already been deposited; Where the payment is not demanded, owelty money shall carry an interest @ 5% p.a. from the date of the final order confirming the partition and the creditors shall have a lien on the properties allotted to the debtor. If the demand is made, the successful bidder shall be notified to deposit within 15 days the amount due and, if he fails to pay or deposit, the licitation shall stand cancelled and the court shall fix a fresh date for licitation. The party who has defaulted in paying owelty money shall not be allowed to participate in the new licitation.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 437
        },
        {
            "number": "439",
            "title": "439. Rectification.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 438
        },
        {
            "number": "440",
            "title": "440. Sortition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 439
        },
        {
            "number": "441",
            "title": "441. Second and third chart of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) When the moiety holder of the estate leaver, is a party, the chart shall consist of two portions and after the portion of the estate leaver is ascertained, a second chart shall be drawn for partitioning the said portion amongst the heirs.\n(2) Where, by reason of the right of representation, the shares are unequal, after the determining the share of the person who is represented, a third chart shall be drawn to partition the shares amongst the representatives.\n(3) When any heir is benefited with a major part of properties, the lots shall be formed, if possible, in such a way that the draw of lots amongst the other co-heirs be done out of equal portions.\n(4) Where it is not possible to draw the second chart and have a sortition in respect of the second chart at the time sortition of lots of the first chart is made and so also when it is not possible to have a sortition of the lots of the third chart at the time the sortition of the lots of the second chart is made, the provision applicable in relation to the first chart shall be followed, both as regards the drawing of the charts as well as regards drawing of lots of the second and the third chart.\nChapter XLIV\nConfirmation of partition",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 440
        },
        {
            "number": "442",
            "title": "442. Confirmation of the partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the name of the original applicant and of the estate leaver;\n(b) names of the heirs or legatees and creditors;\n(c) description of the assets;\n(d) chart of Partitions;\n(e) outstanding debts due by the inheritance or heirs including their approval and mode of payment;\n(f) order confirming the partitions.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 441
        },
        {
            "number": "443",
            "title": "443. Costs.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 442
        },
        {
            "number": "444",
            "title": "444. Safeguards to be observed when the assets are delivered before the order of homologation becomes final.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 443
        },
        {
            "number": "445",
            "title": "445. Fresh partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XLV\nAmendment and rescission of partition",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 444
        },
        {
            "number": "446",
            "title": "446. Amendment of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 445
        },
        {
            "number": "447",
            "title": "447. Suit for amendment of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 446
        },
        {
            "number": "448",
            "title": "448. Rescission of partition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) A suit for rescission of the judicial partition which has become final, may be filed where there is preterition or non joinder of any of the co-heirs and if it is found that the other parties acted fraudulently or mala fide, whether the malicious conduct relates to the preterition or to the partition.\n(B) Application for review:\n(2) Rescission of a judicial partition may be obtained by filing a review application in the same court in the following circumstances:-\n(a) When it is proved in criminal proceeding, resulting in a conviction which has become final, that the order which is sought to be reviewed was passed by giving of bribe, corruption or influence;\n(b) When a judgment and order of conviction which has become final is produced wherein it was held that the depositions or declarations of the experts, which might have affected the order that is sought to be reviewed, are false.\n(3) The review application may be filed in the very same court which passed the order, within 30 days from the date on which the party has secured the document, or acquired knowledge of the fact which is the basis for the review, on the following grounds:-\n(a) When a decision is based on a false document or judicial act and this issue was not considered in the proceeding when the decision was given;\n(b) When a new document is produced, which was not in the possession or power of the party or the party did not know about the existence and such document is itself sufficient to cancel the evidence on which the decision is based;\n(c) When the admission, withdrawal or compromise on which the judgment is based, is revoked or there is a valid ground for revoking the same;\n(d) When the admission, withdrawal or compromise is null, due to lack of mandate or insufficiency of powers of the attorney, unless the order homologating or ratifying the partition has already been personally served on the principal;\n(e) When the inventory proceeded by default and the party was not served with summon or the summon is null;\n(f) When the judgment is contrary to another judgment which constitutes res judicata and the party proves that he had no knowledge of the judgment during the pendency of the proceeding.\n(4) Where the rescission is sought on the basis of a document, the plaint or the review petition, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the respective certified copy.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 447
        },
        {
            "number": "449",
            "title": "449. Settlement of share of the heir left out in the inventory.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 448
        },
        {
            "number": "450",
            "title": "450. Finality of the decision.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XLVI\nAppeals",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 449
        },
        {
            "number": "451",
            "title": "451. Appeals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XLVII\nPreventive measures",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 450
        },
        {
            "number": "452",
            "title": "452. Appointment of Receiver.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 451
        },
        {
            "number": "453",
            "title": "453. Temporary Injunction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter XLVIII\nMiscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 452
        },
        {
            "number": "454",
            "title": "454. Cause title.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 453
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. ABC................. .............. Petitioner.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 454
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. LMN ............................. Head of the family.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 455
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. PQN.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 456
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. RST.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 457
        },
        {
            "number": "455",
            "title": "455. Stamp duty payable.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 458
        },
        {
            "number": "456",
            "title": "456. Fixation of the amount of costs.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 459
        },
        {
            "number": "457",
            "title": "457. Enforcement of Order.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 460
        },
        {
            "number": "458",
            "title": "458. Summary proceeding.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 461
        },
        {
            "number": "459",
            "title": "459. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 462
        },
        {
            "number": "460",
            "title": "460. Repeal and Savings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) anything duly done or suffered or any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred under any law so repealed shall be deemed to have been done, suffered, acquired, accrued or incurred, as the case may be, under the corresponding provisions of this Act;\n(b) any fee, duty, charges, fine, etc. payable under any law so repealed or any books, forms, etc. in use of under any law so repealed shall, to the extent permissible and expedient, continue to be payable or used, as the case may be, till new fees, duties, charges, fines, books, forms, etc. are prescribed or fixed, as the case may be, under the provisions of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 463
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    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 10th February, 2020 [goa305]",
        "Act Number": "(Goa Act 23 of 2016)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2012",
        "Short Title": "Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}
Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012

Sections

1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.

2. Definitions.

3. Succession.

4. Types of Succession.

5. Types of successors: Heirs and legatees.

6. Inheritance.

7. Simultaneous death of the estate leaver and the successor.

8. Opening of the succession.

9. Competence to succeed.

10. Incompetence to succeed by reason of unworthiness to succeed.

11. Consequence of declaration of un-worthiness to succeed.

12. Re-acquisition of competence to succeed.

13. When the ownership and possession is transmitted.

14. Partition by inventory.

15. Partition by deed.

16. Inheritance is indivisible till partition is effected.

17. Consequences of transfer of specific asset of inheritance.

18. Right of co-heir to claim the inheritance in its entirety.

19. Right to demand partition.

20. Partition of assets of joint family.

21. Acceptance of inheritance.

22. Devolution of inheritance under different titles.

23. Freedom to accept or renounce.

24. Nullity of restricted acceptance or renunciation.

25. Capacity to accept or renounce.

26. Acceptance or renunciation by one of the spouses only.

27. Acceptance of inheritance left to a person under disability.

28. Acceptance or renunciation of inheritance left to a deaf and dumb person.

29. Form of acceptance.

30. Gratuitous transfer of inheritance or share therein.

31. Consequences of Court decision declaring a person to be an heir.

32. Absence of consensus among heirs to accept or renounce inheritance.

33. Transmission of right to accept.

34. Indivisibility of renunciation.

35. How renunciation is effected.

36. Consequences of renunciation.

37. Implications of renunciation of disposable share.

38. When acceptance may be challenged.

39. Subrogation by creditor.

40. Prohibition to renounce.

41. Retroactivity of acceptance or renunciation.

42. Inheritance at abeyance.

43. Temporary management.

44. Notice to accept or renounce the inheritance.

45. Liabilities of the inheritance.

46. Order of priorities.

47. Liability of the usufructuary.

48. Legacy of maintenance or lifetime pension.

49. Rights and duties of the heirs in respect of the inheritance.

50. Bonafide satisfaction of the legacies.

51. When legal succession takes place and its extent.

52. Order of legal succession.

53. Proximity of degree.

54. Succession per capita.

55. Accretion upon renunciation of the inheritance.

56. Degree and lines of kinship.

57. Direct and collateral line.

58. Types of direct line of kinship.

59. How degrees are counted in the direct line.

60. How degrees are counted in the collateral line.

61. Incapacity to inherit by legal succession.

62. Extent of Incapacity.

63. Right of representation.

64. Representation in the direct line.

65. Representation in the collateral line.

66. Right of the representatives.

67. Joint representatives.

68. Succession of children and their descendants.

69. When filiation is disputed.

70. Succession per capita.

71. Succession per stripes.

72. Succession of parents.

73. Succession of grandparents and other ascendants.

74. Division per capita: Ascendants in the same degree.

75. When ascendants are not in the same degree.

76. Succession of brothers, sisters and their descendants.

77. Succession of surviving spouse.

78. Collateral's other then brothers, sisters and their descendants.
