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Two Christians marry in a marriage to which section 20 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 applies. What…

Where section 20 applies, marriage alone confers no interest in the other spouse's property. It also does not remove a spouse's ability to deal with their own property…

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Two Christians marry in a marriage to which section 20 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 applies. What effect does the marriage itself have on the husband's interest in the wife's property?

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Where section 20 applies, marriage alone confers no interest in the other spouse's property.

It also does not remove a spouse's ability to deal with their own property merely because they have married.

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Option A

Section 20(1) provides that marriage does not confer a proprietary interest in the other spouse's property.

Option B

Marriage by itself confers no interest in the other spouse's property.

Option C

Section 20 does not appoint the husband a trustee by reason of marriage.

Option D

Section 20 does not confer guardianship of the wife's property by reason of marriage.

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