Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921
An Act to raise a presumption of survivorship in certain cases
[Royal Assent 21 September 1921]
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921 . 2Presumption of survivorshipIn all cases where two or more persons have died in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived, their deaths shall for all purposes affecting the title to any property be presumed to have taken place in order of seniority, and the younger be presumed to have survived the elder.