Section 9, The Legitimacy Act, 1989

(1) Where after the commencement of this Act the mother of an illegitimate child, such child not being a legitimated person, dies intestate as respect all or any of her moveable or immoveable property, the illegitimate child or if he is dead, his issue, shall be entitled to take any interest therein to which he or such issue would have been entitled if he had been born legitimate. (2) Where, after the commencement of this Act, an illegitimate child, not being a legitimated person, dies intestate in respect of all or any of his moveable or immoveable property, his mother, if surviving, shall be entitled to take any interest therein to which she would have been entitled if the child had been legitimate and she had been the only surviving parent. (3) This section does not apply to or affect the rights of any person to take by purchase or descent any entailed interest in moveable or immoveable property. [Margin: Saving.]