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SURVIVAL OF CAUSES OF ACTION ACT 1940 - SECT 2

2—Survival of causes of action

        (1)         Subject to this Act—

            (a)         a cause of action vested in a person at the time of his or her death survives for the benefit of his or her estate; and

            (b)         a cause of action existing against a person at the time of his or her death survives against his or her estate.

        (2)         This section does not apply to a cause of action in defamation.



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