law: Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 
  18. Person convicted of an offence under
  
  section 4 to be disqualified from inheriting certain properties
  A person convicted of an offence under
  
  sub-section (1) of section 4 in relation to the commission of sati shall be
  
  disqualified from inheriting the property of the person in respect of whom such
  
  sati has been committed or the property of any other person which he would have
  
  been entitled to inherit on the death of the person in respect of whom such
  
  sati has been committed.