ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) Chapter 6:01 person’s death, together with all the household goods in that house; and (ii) a share in the remainder of the net estate determined in accordance with the Deceased Estates Succession Act [Chapter 6:02]; where the deceased person was a woman whose husband at the time of her death had more than one wife, and she is survived by her husband and had one or more children ⎯ (i) one-third of her net estate should devolve upon her husband; and (ii) the remainder of her estate should devolve upon⎯ A. her child; or B. her children in equal shares; as the case may be, and any of their descendants per stirpes; where the deceased person is not survived by a spouse or child, the net estate should devolve upon his surviving parents, brothers and sisters, if any, in equal shares; where the deceased person is survived by one spouse but no children⎯ (i) the surviving spouse should get⎯ A. ownership of or, if that is impracticable, a usufruct over, the house in which the spouse lived at the time of deceased person’s death, together with all the household goods in that house; and B. half the remainder of the net estate; (ii) the balance of the net estate should devolve upon the deceased person’s surviving parents, brothers and sisters, if any, in equal shares; where the deceased person is not survived by a spouse and had one or more children, the net estate should devolve upon⎯ (i) that child; or (ii) those children, in equal shares; as the case may be, and any of their descendants per stirpes; so far as possible, the net estate should be applied to meeting the basic needs of beneficiaries who have no other means of support; subject to paragraphs (a) to (i), the net estate should devolve according to customary law. 68G Determination of whether customary law applied to deceased person (1) Section 3 of the Customary Law and Local Courts Act [Chapter 7:05] shall apply in determining the question whether or not customary law applied to a deceased person for the purposes of this Part: Provided that it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that⎯ 38 Reissue

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