Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter II: Of Transfers of Property by Act of Parties
Section 28: Ulterior transfer conditional on happening or not happening of specified event
In plain words
A transfer can give an interest to one person with a condition that it passes to another if an uncertain event happens or does not happen. These gifts are subject to the rules in sections 10, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27.
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Official text
On a transfer of property an interest therein may be created to accrue to any person with the condition superadded that in case a specified uncertain event shall happen such interest shall pass to another person, or that in case a specified uncertain event shall not happen such interest shall pass to another person. In each case the dispositions are subject to the rules contained in sections 10, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 28
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