Cap 481 s 21 Effect, duration and form of orders (INHERITANCE (PROVISION FOR FAMILY AND DEPENDANTS) ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	481	Title:	INHERITANCE (PROVISION FOR FAMILY AND DEPENDANTS) ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	21 of 2005
Section:	21	Heading:	Effect, duration and form of orders	Version Date:	11/02/2006

(1) Where an order is made under section 4 then for all purposes, including the purposes of the enactments relating to estate duty (if applicable), the will or the law relating to intestacy, or both the will and the law relating to intestacy, as the case may be, shall have effect and be deemed to have had effect as from the deceased's death subject to the provisions of the order. (Amended 21 of 2005 s. 39)
(2) Any order made under section 4 or 7 in favour of-

(a) an applicant who was the former husband or former wife of the deceased; or

(b) an applicant who was the husband or wife of the deceased in a case where the marriage with the deceased was the subject of a decree of judicial separation and at the date of death the decree was in force and the separation was continuing,

shall, in so far as it provides for the making of periodical payments, cease to have effect on the remarriage of the applicant, except in relation to any arrears due under the order on the date of the remarriage.
(3) A copy of every order made under this Ordinance (other than an order made under section 17(1)) shall be sent to the Probate Registry of the High Court for entry and filing, and a memorandum of the order shall be endorsed on, or permanently annexed to, the probate or letters of administration under which the estate is being administered. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

[cf. 1975 c. 63 s. 19 U.K.]