The Hindu Wills Act 1870, 21 of 1870, (Rep., Act 39 of 1925)

Section 3. Provided that marriage shall not revoke any provisions such will or codicil:

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3. Provided that marriage shall not revoke any provisions such will or codicil: And that nothing herein contained shall authorise a testator to bequeath property which he could not have alienated inter vivos, or to deprive any persons of any right of maintenance of which, but for section two of this Act, he could not deprive them by will: And that nothing herein contained shall vest in the executor or administrator with the will annexed of a deceased person any property which such person could not have alienated inter vivos: And that nothing herein contained shall affect any law of adoption or intestate succession: And that nothing herein contained shall authorise any Hindú, Jaina, Sikh or Buddhist to create in property any interest which he could not have created before the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and seventy. [ACT XXI Saving of rights of Administrator General. Interpretation-clause. contained in this Act shall affect the rights, duties and privileges of the Administrators General of Bengal, Madras and Bombay, respectively.

Source: India Code