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Judgments      NEW CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES September 16th 2002

NEW CIVIL PROCEDURE FORMS

 


 

 

Intestates' Estates and Property Charges Act

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Short title.

2 . Interpretation.

PART I. Distribution of Eslates of Intestates

3. Abolition of descent to heir, curtcsy, dower and escheat.

4. Succession to real and personal estate on intestacy.

5. Statutory trusts in favour of issue and other class of relatives of intestate.

6. Meaning of the statutory trusts.

7. Powers of personal representative to raise sums in the interest of a surviving spouse.

8 . Application to cases of partial intestacy.

9. Construction of documents.

10. Savings.

Part II. [Repealed by Act 36 of 1976.]

PART III. Adminisrrarion of Intestates’ Estates  in certain cases and Charges on Property

12. Administrator-General to be Administrator of intestates’ estates not exceeding one thousand dollars in, value.

13 . Charges on property of deceased to be paid primarily out of the property charged.

14. Savings.