Section 29Chapter I

Application of Part

PRELIMINARY

(1)

This Part shall not apply to any intestacy occurring before the first day of January, 1866, or to the property of any Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina.

(2)

Save as provided in sub-section

(1)

or by any other law for the time being in force, the provisions of this Part shall constitute the law of Bangladesh in all cases of intestacy.