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Section 324 - Application of Movable Property to Payment of Debts Where Domicile Not in India in Indian Succession Act, 1925

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Application of Movable Property to Payment of Debts Where Domicile Not in India.

Section 324 - Application of movable property to payment of debts where domicile not in India

(1) If the domicile of the deceased was not in1[India], the application of his movable property to the payment of his debts is to be regulated by the law of1[India].

(2) No creditor who has received payment of a part of his debt by virtue of sub-section (1) shall be entitled to share in the proceeds of the immovable estate of the deceased unless he brings such payment into account for the benefit of the other creditors.

(3) This section shall not apply where the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person.

Illustration

A dies, having his domicile in a country where instruments under seal have priority over instruments not under seal leaving movable property to the value of 5,000 rupees, and immovable property to the value of 10,000 rupees, debts on instruments under seal to the amount of 10,000 rupees and debts on instruments not under seal to the same amount. The creditors holding instruments under seal receive half of their debts out of the proceeds of the moveable estate. The proceeds of the immovable estate are to be applied in payment of the debts on instruments not under seal until one-half of such debts has been discharged. This Will leave 5,000 rupees which are to be distributed rateably amongst all the creditors without distinction, in proportion to the amount which may remain due to them.

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1. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States".

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