law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  17. Special provisions respecting persons governed by
  
  Marumakkattayam and Aliyasantana laws
  The provisions of sections 8, 10, 15 and 23 shall have effect in
  
  relation to persons who would have been governed by the marumakkattayam law or
  
  aliyasantana law if this Act had not been passed as if-
  (i) for sub-clauses (c) and (d) of section 8, the following had
  
  been substituted, namely:-
  "(c) thirdly, if there is no heir of any of the two
  
  classes, then upon his relatives, whether agnates or cognates.";
  (ii) for clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1) of section 15,
  
  the following had been substituted, namely:-
  "(a) firstly, upon the sons and daughters
  
  (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the mother;
  (b) secondly, upon the father and the husband;
  
  
  (c) thirdly, upon the heirs of the mother;
  (d) fourthly, upon the heirs of the father;
  
  and
  (e) lastly, upon the heirs of the
  
  husband.";
  (iii) clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 15 had been
  
  omitted;
  (iv) section 23 had been omitted.