Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter X: Of the Investment of Funds to Provide for Legacies
Section 342: Investment of general legacy, to be paid at future time: disposal of intermediate, interest
(1) Where a general legacy is given to be paid at a future time, the executor or administrator shall invest a sum sufficient to meet it in securities of the kind mentioned in section 341.
(2) The intermediate interest shall form part of the residue of the testator's estate.
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