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WILLS ACT 1970

Table of Provisions

PART I -- Preliminary  

  • 1 Short title
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  • 2 Commencement
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  • 4 Terms used
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  • 5 Application of Act

PART II -- Dispositions and appointments by will  

  • 6 Provision that may be made by will
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  • 7 Age of capacity to make will

PART III -- Execution of wills  

  • 8 Execution generally
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  • 9 Execution of will exercising power of appointment
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  • 10 Alterations after execution
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  • 11 Situation in which person cannot be witness

PART V -- Revocation of wills  

  • 14 Subsequent marriage
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  • 14A Ending of marriage
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  • 15 When will revoked
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  • 16 How revoked will revived

PART VI -- Privileged wills  

  • 17 Saving for wills and revocations made under former provisions

PART VII -- Rules as to formal validity of wills  

  • 20 General rules as to formal validity
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  • 21 Ascertainment of system of internal law

PART VIII -- The construction of wills  

  • 24 Change of domicile
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  • 25 Disposition of interest in property after making of will
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  • 26 General rules of construction
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  • 27 Statutory substitutional gift
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  • 28 Charges on property to be paid primarily out of property charged
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  • 28A Use of extrinsic evidence to clarify will

PART IX -- Illegitimacy  

  • 29 Application of Part IX
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  • 30 Abolition of rule regarding illegitimates not in being
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  • 31 Determination of relationships

PART XA -- International wills  

  • 32A Terms used
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  • 32B Application of Convention
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  • 32C Persons authorised to act in connection with international wills
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  • 32D Witnesses to international wills
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  • 32E Application of Act to international wills

PART X -- Informal wills  

  • 32 Court may dispense with formal requirements
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  • 33 Application of section
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  • 38 Modification of certain references to execution of will

PART XI -- Wills of persons who lack testamentary capacity

Division 1 -- Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to authorise the making, alteration and revocation of wills  

  • 39 Terms used
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  • 40 Jurisdiction of Court to make, alter or revoke will
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  • 41 Content of application under section
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  • 42 Certain criteria to be applied by Court
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  • 43 Further powers of Court
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  • 44 Deposit of wills made under this Part with Principal Registrar
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  • 45 Court may allow access to will
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  • 46 Alteration or revocation of will authorised under this PART
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  • 47 Protection of privacy of persons to whom applications relate

Division 2 -- Wills of persons who lack testamentary capacity made under the law of another place  

  • 48 Recognition of wills

PART XII -- Rectification of wills by Supreme Court  

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