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Section 36

Succession to a Female Tenant Holding An Interest Inherited As a Widow Etc

The Uttar Pradesh Tenancy Act 1939
(1) When a female tenant, other than a tenant mentioned in Section 34, who either before or after the commencement of this Act has inherited an interest in a holding as a widow, as a mother, as a step-mother, as a father's mother, or as a daughter dies or abandons such holding, surrenders such holding, or a part of such holding or, in the case of a tenant inheriting as a widow or as a daughter, marries, such holding or such part of such holding shall, notwithstanding anything in Section 45, devolve in accordance with the order of succession laid down in Section 35 on the heir of the last male tenant, other than a tenant who inherited as a father's father under the provisions of that section.

(2) When a tenant, who inherits an interest in a holding as a father's father in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), or of Section 35, abandons such holding or surrenders such holding or a part of such holding or dies, such holding or such part shall, notwithstanding anything in Section 45, devolve upon the nearest surviving heir of the last male tenant, such heir being ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Section 35.




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