CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1936 - SECT 27
CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1936 - SECT 27
27—Provision where no executor or administrator or action not commenced
within 6 months
(1) In any case
falling under section 23, if there is no executor or administrator of the
deceased person or, there being such an executor or administrator, no action
is commenced under this Part within six months after the death of the deceased
person, then an action may be brought by and in the name or names of the
person or all or any of the persons for whose benefit an action could have
been brought under this Part by an executor or administrator of the deceased
person.
(2) Every action
brought under this section shall be for the benefit of the same persons and
shall be subject to the same regulations and procedure as nearly as may be as
if brought by or in the name of an executor or administrator of the deceased
person.