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Bereavement

21.—(1) An action under section 20 may consist of or include a claim for damages for bereavement.

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(2) A claim for damages for bereavement shall only be for the benefit of such of the following persons as survive the deceased:

(a)	the wife or husband of the deceased;
(b)	where there is no spouse by or for whom a claim can be made under paragraph (a), the children of the deceased;
(c)	where there is no person by or for whom a claim can be made under paragraph (a) or (b), the parents of the deceased or, if the deceased was illegitimate, his mother;
(d)	where there is no person by or for whom a claim can be made under paragraph (a), (b) or (c), but the deceased was at the date of his death a minor, any person who during any marriage to which that person was a party treated the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that marriage; or
(e)	where there is no other person by or for whom a claim can be made under this subsection, any brother or sister of the deceased.

(3) The right of a person to claim under this section for damages for bereavement shall not survive for the benefit of his estate.

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(4) Subject to subsection (6), the sum to be awarded as damages under this section shall be $15,000.

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(5) Where there is a claim for damages under this section for the benefit of 2 or more persons, the sum awarded shall be divided equally between them (subject to any deduction falling to be made in respect of costs not recovered from the defendant).

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(6) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, substitute the sum specified in subsection (4) with such other sum as he thinks fit.

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