WILLS AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 27 OF 2007)

Table of Provisions

• Long Title
• Preamble

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 The Act amended  
• 4 Section 4 amended  
• 5 Section 6 replaced  
• 6 Provision that may be made by will 2  
• 7 Section 8 amended  
• 8 Section 9 amended  
• 9 Section 10 replaced  
• 10 Alterations after execution 4  
• 11 Situation in which a person cannot be a witness 5  
• 12 Section 14 amended  
• 13 Section 14A inserted  
14A. Ending of marriage 6  
• 15 When will revoked 7  
• 16 Sections 17, 18 and 19 replaced by section 17  
17. Saving for wills and revocations made under former provisions 8  
• 18 Section 25 replaced  
• 19 Section 26 amended  
• 20 Section 27 amended  
• 21 Section 28 amended  
• 22 Section 28A inserted  
• 23 Sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 replaced by sections 32 and 33  
24. Parts XI and XII inserted  

PART XI -- Wills of persons who lack testamentary capacity  

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

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

PART XII -- Rectification of wills by Supreme Court  

• 25 Consequential amendments to other Acts  
• SCHEDULE

[Assented to 26 October 2007]