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or default referred to in section 3(1), any person
has recovered, by action or otherwise, a sum in
respect of loss of the deceased's society under
section 20C(1) of the Law Amendment and Reform
(Consolidation) Ordinance.
(2) A claim for damages for bereavement
shall only be for the benefit of such of the
following persons as survive the deceased for
not less than 30 days
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(a) the wife or husband of the deceased,
unless they had been living apart for a
continuous period of at least 2 years
immediately preceding the death of the
deceased; or
(b)
where there is no spouse by or for whom
a claim can be made under paragraph (a),
the children of the deceased; or
(c)
where there is no person by or for whom
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a claim can be made under paragraph (a)
or (b), the parents of the deceased or (if
he was illegitimate) his mother; or