Section 18. Person convicted of an offence under section 4 to be disqualified from inheriting certain properties

18. Person convicted of an offence under section 4 to be disqualified from inheriting certain properties.— A person convicted of an offence under sub-section (1) of section 4 in relation to the commission of sati shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of the person in respect of whom such sati has been committed or the property of any other person which he would have been entitled to inherit on the death of the person in respect of whom such sati has been committed. 19. [ Amendment of Act 43 of 1951 ] .—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2001 (30 of 2001) s. 2 and the First Schedule ( w.e.f. 3-9-2001 ). — 20. Act to have overriding effect. The provisions of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act.