FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1959 - SECT 3
FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1959 - SECT 3
3 . Terms used
(1) In this Act unless
inconsistent with the subject matter or context —
court means the court by which any action brought
under this Act is tried and includes a court comprising a judge and jury;
relative has the meaning given in Schedule 2.
(2) In deducing any
relationship for the purposes of this Act —
(a) an
adopted person shall be treated as the legitimate child of his adopters; and
(b) an
illegitimate person shall be treated as the legitimate child of his parents.
(3) In this section,
adopted person means a person who is legally adopted whether in the State or
elsewhere, and whether before or after the coming into operation of this Act.
(4) For the purposes
of this Act, a child of the deceased person born alive after the death of that
person shall be treated as having been born before the death of the deceased
person.
[Section 3 amended: No. 97 of 1985 s. 5; No. 28 of
2003 s. 54; No. 19 of 2010 s. 58(2) and (3).]