Intestates' Estates and Property Charges Act. Country/Territory Jamaica Document type Legislation Date 1937 (1989) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Inheritance Transfer Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act makes provision with respect to inheritance and in particular concerns the distribution and administration of estates of persons who leave a will but die intestate as to some beneficial interest in his real or personal estate. The Act sets out rules regarding rights of heirs. It also concerns statutory trusts for the purpose of inheritance. Full text English