"dependant"

for the purposes of section 7, includes—

(a)	any person in respect of whom the deceased was legally liable for maintenance at the time of his or her death;

(b)	any child of the deceased born after his or her death;

(c)	any surviving spouse of the deceased by virtue of a marriage or a union contracted in accordance with customary law or which is recognized as a marriage in accordance with the tenets of a religion;

[Definition substituted by section 1(b) of Act No. 128 of 1998]