The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916
# THE HINDU DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT, 1916 

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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent.
2. Dispositions for the benefit of persons not in existence.
3. Limitations and conditions.
4. [Repealed.].
5. Application of this Act to the Khoja community.

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# THE HINDU DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT, 1916 

 ACT NO. 15 OF 1916

[28th September, 1916.]

# An Act to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of disposition of property by Hindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such disposition.

WHEREAS it is expedient to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of disposition

of property by Hindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such disposition; It is
hereby enacted as follows:—

**1. Short title and extent.—(1)** This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916.

1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]3

**2. Dispositions for the benefit of persons not in existence.—Subject to the limitations and**

provisions specified in this Act, no disposition of property by a Hindu, whether by transfer inter vivos or
by will, shall be invalid by reason only that any person for whose benefit it may have been made was not
in existence at the date of such disposition.

**3. Limitations and conditions.—The limitations and provisions referred to in section 2 shall be the**

following, namely:—

(a) in respect of dispositions by transfer _inter vivos,_ those contained in [4][Chapter II] of the

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882), and

(b) in respect of dispositions by will, those contained in [5][sections 113, 114, 115 and 116 of the

Indian Succession Act, 1925 (33 of 1925)].

**4. [Failure of prior disposition.] Rep. by the Transfer of Property** (Amendment)

_Supplementary Act, 1929 (21 of 1929), s. 12._

**5. Application of this Act to the Khoja community.—Where the** [6][State Government] is of

opinion that the Khoja community in [7][the State] or any part thereof desire that the provisions of this
Act should be extended to such community [8][it] may by notification in the Official Gazette, declare
that the provisions of this Act, with the substitution of the word “Khojas” or “Khoja,” as the case
may be, for the word “Hindus” or “Hindu” wherever those words occur, shall apply to that
community in such area as may be specified in the notification, and this Act shall thereupon have
effect accordingly.

1. Subs. by Act 48 of 1959, s. 3 and Sch. I, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-2-1960).
2. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule
(w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
3. The Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch.

In its application to Pondicherry, in section 1, after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted—“Provided
that nothing contained in this Act, shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry. ”—(Vide
Act 26 of 1968).

4. Subs. by Act 21 of 1929, s. 12, for “sections 13, 14 and 20”.
5. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for “sections 100 and 101 of the Indian Succession Act, 1865”.
6. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G.G. in C.".
7. Subs., ibid., for “British India”.
8. Subs., ibid., for “he”.

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