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SUCCESSION ACT 1981 - SECT 60 Payment of pecuniary legacies

SUCCESSION ACT 1981 - SECT 60

Payment of pecuniary legacies

60 Payment of pecuniary legacies

Subject to a contrary or other intention signified by the will—

(a) pecuniary legacies shall be paid out of the property comprised in class 2 referred to in section 59 after the discharge of the debts or such part thereof as are payable out of that property; and
(b) to the extent to which the property comprised in class 2 referred to in section 59 is insufficient the pecuniary legacies shall abate proportionately.