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 if any heir under section 1629(4) or (6) exists and that heir is still alive or represented, or if any heir under section 1629(5) exists, as the case may be, the surviving spouse has the right to receive two thirds of the inheritance;

if none of the heirs specified in section 1629 exists, the surviving spouse has the right to receive the whole inheritance.

If the inheritance owner has several surviving legitimate wives under the law prior to the coming into force of Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code, all those wives collectively have the right to receive the inheritance as per the classes and shares specified in section 1635, but, as between themselves, each inferior wife shall have the right to receive half of the portion the principal wife would receive.

If either spouse who is still alive is a beneficiary under a contract of life insurance, that spouse has the right to receive the whole sum agreed with the insurer, but the spouse is required to compensate the original property of the other spouse or the marital property, as the case may be, with the premium from the insurance only up to the amount which can be proved to be higher than the amount the deceased would be able to pay as premium,