A non-Hindu domiciled person will not be governed by the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 if:

Under s.3(1)(c) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, such a person is governed by the Act "unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law" had the Act not been passed. The Act gives no right to opt out by declaration, and residence abroad or non-observance of rites is not the test.