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Testator's Family Maintenance Act 1912
10BAdjustment of estate duty
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### 10B Adjustment of estate duty
> *\[Section 10B Inserted by No. 52 of 1957, s. 8 \]*For the purpose of apportioning the duty payable on the estate of a deceased person, any provision directed to be made by an order under this Act shall –
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> > > (a) if the deceased person died testate, be deemed to be a bequest made by the deceased person by a codicil executed immediately before his death; or
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> > > (b) if the deceased person died intestate, be deemed to be a bequest made by the deceased person as if effected by a will made by him immediately before his death.