Property Law Act 1958
243Failure of male maternal ancestor
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243 Failure of male maternal ancestor
Where there is a failure of male maternal ancestors of such person and their descendants, the mother of his more remote male maternal ancestor and her descendants shall be the heir or heirs of such person in preference to the mother of a less remote male maternal ancestor and her descendants.
No. 3754 s. 243.
244 Half blood if on the part of a male ancestor to inherit after the whole blood of the same degree if on the part of a female ancestor after her
Any person related to the person from whom the descent is to be traced by the half blood shall be capable of being his heir; and the place in which any such relation by the half blood shall stand in the order of inheritance so as to be entitled to inherit shall be next after any relation in the same degree of the whole blood and his issue where the common ancestor is a male, and next after the common ancestor where such common ancestor is a female; so that the brother of the half blood on the part of the father shall inherit next after the sisters of the whole blood on the part of the father and their issue, and the brother of the half blood on the part of the mother shall inherit next after the mother.
No. 3754 s. 244.