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This is an English translation from the Chinese National People's Congress website.
This is the 1956 Hindu Succession Act and the 2005 amendment.
This act amends the national Hindu Succession Act, 1956 in its application to the State of Andhra Pradesh.
This act amends the national Hindu Succession Act, 1956 in its application to the State of Karnataka.
This law makes certain laws of the United Kingdom, customary laws, and Indian Acts (including the Indian Succession Act of 1865) applicable to Tanzania.
The Indian Succession Act of 1865 (as amended through 1920) applies to Tanzania under the Judicature and Application of Laws Act 1920. The version we have linked to here is the original Act of 1865 without subsequent amendments.
The Civil Code of Ethiopia is divided into five separate books. All five are included here.
An Act to govern the devolution of estates and establish rights of inheritance for spouses of both statutory and customary marriages, approved in 2003.
This Code of Persons and Family was enacted in 2004 and is usually cited as the 2004 Code of Persons and Family. However, there may also be citations to the same law as the 2002 Code of Persons and Family. This is likely because the National Assembly passed the law in 2002, but then the President signed the law in 2004.
This document includes the Marriage Act; Births and Deaths Registration Act; Legitimacy Act; Juveniles Act; Adoption Act; Maintenance Orders Act; Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) Act; Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act; Administrator-General Act; Intestate Succession Act; Wills and Administration of Testate Estates Act; Probates (Resealing) Act; Administration of Estates (Trust Corporations) Act; Trusts Restriction Act; Affiliation and Maintenance of Children Act; and the Persons with Disabilities Act