19. Effect of marriage on member of undivided family.―The marriage solemnized under this Act
of any member of an undivided family who professes the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religions shall be
deemed to effect his severance from such family.
20. Rights and disabilities not affected by Act.―Subject to the provisions of section 19, any person
whose marriage is solemnized under this Act shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the same
disabilities in regard to the right of succession to any property as a person to whom the Caste Disabilities
Removal Act, 1850 (21 of 1850), applies.
21. Succession to property of parties married under Act.―Notwithstanding any restrictions
contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), with respect to its application to members of
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certain communities, succession to the property or any person whose marriage is solemnized under this
Act and to the property of the issue of such marriage shall be regulated by the provisions of the said Act
and for the purposes of this Act shall have effect as if Chapter III of Part V (Special Rules for Parsi
Intestates) had been omitted therefrom.
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[21A. Special provision in certain cases.―Where the marriage is solemnized under this Act of any
person who professes the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion with a person who professes the Hindu,
Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion, section 19 and section 21 shall not apply and so much of section 20 as
creates a disability shall also not apply.]