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Section 375 of Insolvency Act CAP 53: Distribution of insolvent deceased's estate

    

(1) The trustee shall distribute the estate in the following order—
(a) firstly, payment of all proper costs, charges, debts and expenses of the due administration of the estate, whether incurred before or after the order is made;
(b) secondly, payment of the deceased's reasonable funeral expenses;
(c) thirdly, payment of the following expenses of the deceased incurred during the three months immediately before the deceased's death—
(i) medical expenses; and
(ii) reasonable expenses for hospital care provided for the deceased, so far as those expenses are lawfully recoverable;
(d) fourthly, payment of other claims and interest in accordance with the Second Schedule.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), a reference in the Second Schedule to the commencement of the bankruptcy is to be read as a reference to the date of the deceased's death.

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