Indian Succession Act : Mode of computing of degrees of kindred. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Succession Act,1925

Act No : 39

Section : Mode of computing of degrees of kindred.

28. Mode of computing of degrees of kindred.-Degrees of kindredare computed in the manner set forth in the table of kindred set outin Schedule I. Illustrations (i) The person whose relatives are to be reckoned, and hiscousin-german, or first cousin, are, as shown in the table, related inthe fourth degree; there being one degree of ascent to the father, andanother to the common ancestor, the grandfather; and from him one ofdescent to the uncle, and another to the cousin-german, making in allfour degrees. (ii) A grandson of the brother and a son of the uncle, i.e., agreat-nephew and a cousin-german, are in equal degree, being each fourdegrees removed.60 (iii) A grandson of a cousin-german is in the same degree as thegrandson of a great-uncle, for they are both in the sixth degree ofkindred.