Succession Act 1965

Protection of purchasers.

[1959 (No. 8) s. 19]

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51.(1) A purchaser from the personal representatives of a deceased person of any property, being the whole or any part of the estate of the deceased, shall be entitled to hold that property freed and discharged from any debts or liabilities of the deceased, except such as are charged otherwise than by the will of the deceased, and from all claims of the persons entitled to any share in the estate, and shall not be concerned to see to the application of the purchase money.

(2) (a) This subsection applies to all property other than property the ownership of which is registered under the Registration of Title Act, 1964.

(b) A purchaser of any property to which this subsection applies, being the whole or any part of the estate of a deceased person, which has been conveyed by the personal representatives to any person shall be entitled to hold that property freed and discharged from the claims of creditors of the deceased and from any claims of the persons entitled to any share in the estate.

(3) F25[]

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F25

Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing (Law Reform) Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009.