The Indian Succession Act, 1925 · XL — .— Of the Produce and Interest of Legacies

Section 351. Interest when no time fixed for payment of general legacy

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

351. Interest when no time fixed for payment of general legacy.— Where no time has been fixed for the payment of a general legacy, interest begins to run from expiration of one year from the testator's death. Exception .—(1) Where the legacy is bequeathed in satisfaction of a debt, interest runs from the death of the testator. (2) Where the testator was a parent or a more remote ancestor of the legatee, or has put himself in the place of a parent of the legatee, the legacy shall bear interest from the death of the testator. (3) Where a sum is bequeathed to a minor with a direction to pay for his maintenance out of it, interest is payable from the death of the testator.

Source: India Code