Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 802
802. Representation in the descen ding direct line takes place in
infinitum and in all cases, whether the children of the deceased take
with the descendants of a predeceased child, or whether, all th e
children of the deceased having predeceased him, the descendant s
stand amongst themselves in equal or unequal degrees.
Representation
does not take place
between
ascendants.
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