Singapore legislation

Section 30

of Civil Law Act 1909

Section 30

Presumption of survivorship in regard to claim to property

In all cases where 2 or more persons die in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived the other or others, such deaths shall (subject to any order of the court) for all purposes affecting the title to property be presumed to have occurred in order of seniority and accordingly the younger shall be deemed to have survived the elder.