WILLS ACT 1936 - SECT 4
WILLS ACT 1936 - SECT 4
4—All property may be disposed of by will
(1) Every person may
devise, bequeath or dispose of by his or her will, executed in the manner
required by this Act, all real estate and all personal estate to which the
person is entitled either at law or in equity at the time of his or her death
and which if not so devised, bequeathed or disposed of would devolve upon the
heir at law of the person or (if he or she became entitled by descent) of his
or her ancestor or upon his or her executor or administrator.
(2) The power given by
this section extends to—
(a) any
estate pur autre vie whether there is or is not any special occupant of the
estate and whether the estate is freehold or of any other tenure and whether
it is a corporeal or incorporeal hereditament;
(b)
every contingent, executory or other future interest in any real or
personal estate whether the testator is or is not ascertained as the person or
one of the persons in whom that interest may become vested, and whether the
testator is entitled to that interest under the instrument by which it was
created or under any disposition of the interest by deed or will;
(c)
every right of entry for condition broken and every other right of entry;
(d) any
such estate, interest, right or other real or personal estate as mentioned in
this section to which the testator is entitled at the time of his or her
death, notwithstanding that he or she became so entitled subsequently to the
execution of his or her will.