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MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 32 Repudiation by representative of deceased minor

MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 32

Repudiation by representative of deceased minor

32 Repudiation by representative of deceased minor

(1) Where a minor has participated in a civil act and dies before attaining the age of nineteen years, then, subject to sections 33 and 35 and subject to subsection (2), his or her personal representative may repudiate the civil act at any time before the end of nineteen years after the birth of the minor participant or before the end of one year after the death of the minor participant whichever is the earlier.
(2) A repudiation of a civil act by the representative of a deceased minor participant in the civil act does not have effect if it appears that, at the time of the repudiation, the civil act is for the benefit of the estate of the deceased minor participant.