TPA · II — [1]

Section 13. Transfer for benefit of unborn person

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

13. Transfer for benefit of unborn person.— Where, on a transfer of property, an interest therein is created for the benefit of a person not in existence at the date of the transfer, subject to a prior interest created by the same transfer, the interest created for the benefit of such person shall not take effect, unless it extends to the whole of the remaining interest of the transferor in the property. 1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1929, s. 8, for the second paragraph. Illustration A transfers property of which he is the owner to B in trust for A and his intended wife succesively for their lives, and, after the death of the survivor for the eldest son of the intended marriage for life, and after his death for A's second son. The interest so created for the benefit of the eldest son does not take effect, because it does not extend to the whole of A's remaining interest in the property. 13. Fourth paragraph numbered as sub-section (4) by Act 20 of 1929, s. 34. 14. Subs. by s. 34, ibid., for fifth paragraph. 15. The last paragraph of this section omitted by s. 34, ibid.

Source: India Code