Succession to the real and personal estate of a party to a common law union who dies intestate

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where a party to a common law union dies intestate, the distribution of the residuary estate of such a party shall be governed by the provisions of this Part, and to give effect to the provisions of this section, this Part shall be read and construed with the following modifications– (a) wherever the word “wife” occurs in this Part, it shall be substituted by the words “female party to the common law union”; 52 Administration of Estates Act (b) wherever the word “husband” occurs in this Part, it shall be substituted by the words “male party to the common law union”; (c) wherever the words “issue,” “leaving issue” or “leaving a child or other issue” occurs in this Part, such words shall be respectively substituted by the words “issue of the common law union”, “leaving issue of the common law union”, or “leaving a child or other issue of the