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Civil Law (Property) Act 2006
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213 Presumption of survivorship
(1) If 2 people die at the same time or in an order that is uncertain, the
deaths are, for purposes affecting title to land, taken to have happened
in order of seniority, and the younger is taken to have survived the
elder.
(2) If more than 2 people die at the same time or in an order that is
uncertain, the deaths are, for purposes affecting title to land, taken to
have happened in order of seniority, and the youngest is taken to have
survived the eldest.
(3) This section is subject to the Administration and Probate Act 1929,
part 3B (Simultaneous deaths).