Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 481 | Title: | INHERITANCE (PROVISION FOR FAMILY AND DEPENDANTS) ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 481 | Long title | |
| Cap 481 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 481 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 481 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 481 Part II | APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS FOR FINANCIAL PROVISION | |
| Cap 481 s 3 | Application for financial provision from deceased's estate | |
| Cap 481 s 4 | Powers of court to make orders | |
| Cap 481 s 5 | Matters to which court is to have regard in exercising powers under section 4 | |
| Cap 481 s 6 | Time-limit for applications | |
| Cap 481 s 7 | Interim orders | |
| Cap 481 s 8 | Variation, discharge, etc. of orders for periodical payments | |
| Cap 481 s 9 | Payment of lump sums by instalments | |
| Cap 481 Part III | PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR FINANCIAL PROVISION | |
| Cap 481 s 10 | Property treated as part of "net estate" | |
| Cap 481 s 11 | Property held on a joint tenancy | |
| Cap 481 Part IV | POWERS OF COURT IN RELATION TO TRANSACTIONS INTENDED TO DEFEAT APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL PROVISION | |
| Cap 481 s 12 | Dispositions intended to defeat applications for financial provision | |
| Cap 481 s 13 | Contracts to leave property by will | |
| Cap 481 s 14 | Provisions supplementary to sections 12 and 13 | |
| Cap 481 s 15 | Provisions as to trustees in relation to sections 12 and 13 | |
| Cap 481 Part V | SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CASES OF DIVORCE, SEPARATION, ETC. | |
| Cap 481 s 16 | Provision as to cases where no financial relief was granted in divorce proceedings, etc. | |
| Cap 481 s 17 | Restriction imposed in divorce proceedings, etc. on application under this Ordinance | |
| Cap 481 s 17A | Restriction imposed in proceedings under Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance on application under this Ordinance | |
| Cap 481 s 18 | Variation and discharge of secured periodical payments orders made under Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance | |
| Cap 481 s 19 | Variation and revocation of maintenance agreements | |
| Cap 481 s 20 | Availability of court's powers under this Ordinance in applications under sections 11 and 16 of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance | |
| Cap 481 Part VI | MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS | |
| Cap 481 s 21 | Effect, duration and form of orders | |
| Cap 481 s 22 | Provisions as to personal representatives | |
| Cap 481 s 23 | (Repealed 2 of 1999 s. 6) | |
| Cap 481 s 24 | Onus of proof | |
| Cap 481 s 25 | Commencement and transfer of proceedings | |
| Cap 481 s 26 | Determination of date on which representation was first taken out | |
| Cap 481 s 27 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 481 s 28 | Repeal | |
| Cap 481 s 29 | Sections repealed | |
| Cap 481 s 30 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 481 s 31 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 481 s 32 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 481 s 33 | Transitional provisions |
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