Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930

Funeral expenses of illegitimate child.

7.—Where an illegitimate child in respect of whom an affiliation order has been made dies while a weekly sum is payable in respect of it under such order, a Justice of the District Court may, upon the application within two months after the death of such child of the person to whom such weekly sum was payable, order the putative father of such child or the personal representative of such putative father to pay the funeral expenses, as measured by such Justice, of such child to an amount not exceeding five pounds.