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23 PDFTitle:LAW AMENDMENT AND REFORM (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:20BHeading:Abolition of common law actions for loss of society or serviceVersion Date:30/06/1997

Except as provided in section 20C, no person shall be liable in tort-

        (a) to a husband on the ground only of having deprived him of the services or society of his wife;
        (b) to a parent (or person standing in the place of a parent) on the ground only of having deprived him of the services of a child; or
        (c) on the ground only-
          (i) of having deprived another of the services of his menial servant;
          (ii) of having deprived another of the services of his female servant by raping or seducing her; or
          (iii) of enticement of a servant or harbouring a servant.
(Added 40 of 1986 s. 3)
[cf. 1982 c. 53 s. 2 U.K.]