‘Wife’ means a person, who, at the time of the intestate’s death was,
(a) Validly married to the deceased according to the laws of Uganda;
(b) Married to the deceased in an other country by a marriage recognized as valid by
any foreign law under which the marriage was celebrated”;
(b) In section 5, by adding thereto the following new subsection,
“(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, a person dying intestate shall
be deemed to have had his domicile in Uganda if,
(a) For a period of not less than two years preceding his death he was ordinarily
resident in Uganda; and
(b) He was survived by a spouse or child who were, at the time of his death,
ordinarily resident in Uganda”;
(c) By substituting for section 23 thereof, the following,
23. For the purposes of succession, there is no distinction between those who are,
(a) Related to the deceased by the full blood and those who are related to him by the
half-blood; or
(b) Born during his lifetime and those who are conceived in the wombat the date of
death and subsequently born alive.”;
(c) In section 24, by substituting the expression “scheduled 1” for the expression
“Schedule” occurring in subsection (1) thereof;
(d) By substituting for Parts IV and V thereof, the following,
“PART IV-INTESTACY.”
25. A person dies intestate in respect of all property, which has not been disposed of
by a valid testamentary disposition.
26. All property in an intestate estate devolves upon the personal representative of the
deceased upon trust for those persons entitled to such property under this Act.
PART V-DISTRIBUTION OF AN INTESTATE’S PROPERTY.
27. (1) The residential holding normally occupied by a person dying intestate prior to
his death as his principal residence or owned by him as a principal residential
holding, including the household chattels therein, shall be held by his personal
representative upon trust for his legal heir subject to such rights of occupation and
terms and conditions set out in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(2) Any other residential holding possessed by the intestate at his death shall be held
by his personal representative upon trust and subject to such rights of occupation and