Under Section 20 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the person shall be subject to:

Section 20 says such a person "shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the same disabilities in regard to the right of succession to any property as a person to whom the Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850, applies". It neither frees the person from every disability nor leaves the matter to State rules or to the Hindu Succession Act.