Interstate Succession Act 340. Section 5 of the Interstate Succession Act, Chapter 59, regulates the distribution of property to beneficiaries where a person dies intestate. It provides that “ (a) twenty per cent of the estate shall devolve upon the surviving spouse; except that where more than one widow survives the intestate, twenty per cent of the estate shall be distributed among them proportional to the duration of their respective marriages to the deceased, and other factors such as the widow's contribution to the deceased's property may be taken into account when justice so requires; (b) fifty per cent of the estate shall devolve upon the children in such proportions as are commensurate with a child's age or educational needs or both; (c) twenty per cent of the estate shall devolve upon the parents of the deceased; and (d) ten per cent of the estate shall devolve upon the dependants, in equal shares.” Wills and Administration of Testate Estate Act 341. The Wills and Administration of Testate Estate Act, Chapter 60 regulates the administration of wills and their enforcement. B. JUDICIAL MEASURES 342. In the case of Zambia National Holdings and United National Independence Party Vs Attorney-General SCZ No. 3 /1994, the appellants petitioned the High Court challenging a decision by the respondent to acquire compulsorily the appellants land under the newly amended Lands Acquisition Act. 343. Shortly after the institution of the proceedings, the appellants applied for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the respondent, the servants or 136

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