Transfer of Property Act, 1882
45. Joint transfer for consideration
Where immovable property is transferred for consideration to two
or more persons and such consideration is paid out of a fund belonging to them
in common, they are, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, respectively
entitled to interests in such property identical, as nearly as may be, with the
interests to which they were respectively entitled in the fund; and, where such
consideration is paid out of separate funds belonging to them respectively,
they are, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, respectively entitled
to interests in such property in proportion to the shares of the consideration
which they respectively advanced.
In the absence of evidence as to the interests in the fund to
which they were respectively entitled, or as to the shares which they
respectively advanced, such persons shall be presumed to be equally interested
in the property.