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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