S.M. 2019, c. 20

Bill 226, 4^th Session, 41^st Legislature

The Presumption of Death and Declaration of Absence Act and Amendments to The Insurance Act

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INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
1		Definitions
2		Application of Queen's Bench Rules
ORDERS
3	(1)	Who may apply for an order?
	(2)	Notice of application
	(3)	Status of person directed to be served
4	(1)	Presumption of death order
	(2)	Date of presumed death
	(3)	Scope of order
	(4)	Order is proof of death
	(5)	Alternative order
5	(1)	Declaration of absence order
	(2)	Contents of order
	(3)	Powers and duties of committee
	(4)	Powers of committee to expend money out of estate
6	(1)	Changing or confirming an order
	(2)	Court may give directions
7	(1)	Appeal
	(2)	Notice of appeal
	(3)	Powers of Court on appeal
ACTIONS UNDER AN ORDER
8	(1)	Duty of personal representative
	(2)	Duty of trustee of insurance proceeds
	(3)	Confirmation order required
9	(1)	Status of property if person is in fact alive or found
	(2)	Insurance proceeds used by trustee
	(3)	Exception
10	(1)	Court retains jurisdiction to order return of property or proceeds
	(2)	Order
11		Status of property if person is in fact dead
PRESUMPTION OF DEATH ORDER MADE OUTSIDE MANITOBA
12	(1)	Order made in Canada
	(2)	Order made outside Canada
AMENDMENTS TO INSURANCE ACT
13	(1)	C.C.S.M. c. I40 amended
	(2)
	(3)
	(2)	Exception when presumption of death
	(4)
	(5)
	(6)
	(7)
	(8)
	(9)
	(10)
	(11)
	(2)	Exception when presumption of death
	(12)
	(13)
	(14)
	(15)
	(16)
	(17)
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
14		Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. M50
15		Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. T160
	(1.1)	Interpretation: "statutory limitation"
REPEAL, C.C.S.M. REFERENCE AND COMING INTO FORCE
16		Repeal
17		C.C.S.M. reference
18		Coming into force