Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916

This 1916 Act removed a legal restriction that had prevented Hindus in Pakistan from transferring or bequeathing property for the benefit of people who did not yet exist at the time the transfer or will was made -- for example, an unborn grandchild.

Section 2 is the key rule: no disposition of property by a Hindu, whether made during their lifetime ("inter vivos") or by will, is invalid merely because the intended beneficiary was not yet in existence when the disposition was made, subject to the limitations set out in the Act.

Section 3 ties those limitations to two other statutes: for lifetime transfers, the relevant rules are found in Chapter II of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and for dispositions by will, the relevant rules are found in sections 113 through 116 of the (Indian) Succession Act, 1925. Section 4, which originally addressed what happens if a prior disposition fails, has since been repealed.

Section 5 allows a Provincial Government to extend this Act's provisions to the Khoja community within its territory, by notification, if that community expresses a wish for it -- with the Act's references to "Hindus" read as "Khojas" in that context.

This is an old statute (1916) governing a specific area of Hindu personal/inheritance law, with amendment footnotes showing later substitutions (e.g., updated cross-references and territorial scope), so it should be read alongside the current Transfer of Property Act and Succession Act provisions it relies on.