Section 179Chapter XXI
No ademption by subsequent provision for leagatee
OF LEGACIES TO CREDITORS AND PORTIONERS
No bequest shall be wholly or partially adeemed by a subsequent provision made by settlement or otherwise for the legatee.
Illustrations
(i)
A bequeaths 20,000 Taka to his son B. He afterwards gives to B the sum of 20,000 Taka. The legacy is not thereby adeemed. (ii) A bequeaths 40,000 Taka to B, his orphan niece whom he had brought up from her infancy. Afterwards, on the occasion of B's marriage, A settles upon her the sum of 30,000 Taka. The legacy is not thereby diminished.