WILLS ACT 1970
Table of Provisions
PART I -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 4 Terms used
- 5 Application of Act
PART II -- Dispositions and appointments by will
- 6 Provision that may be made by will
- 7 Age of capacity to make will
PART III -- Execution of wills
- 8 Execution generally
- 9 Execution of will exercising power of appointment
- 10 Alterations after execution
- 11 Situation in which person cannot be witness
PART V -- Revocation of wills
- 14 Subsequent marriage
- 14A Ending of marriage
- 15 When will revoked
- 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
- 21 Ascertainment of system of internal law
PART VIII -- The construction of wills
- 24 Change of domicile
- 25 Disposition of interest in property after making of will
- 26 General rules of construction
- 27 Statutory substitutional gift
- 28 Charges on property to be paid primarily out of property charged
- 28A Use of extrinsic evidence to clarify will
PART IX -- Illegitimacy
- 29 Application of Part IX
- 30 Abolition of rule regarding illegitimates not in being
- 31 Determination of relationships
PART XA -- International wills
- 32A Terms used
- 32B Application of Convention
- 32C Persons authorised to act in connection with international wills
- 32D Witnesses to international wills
- 32E Application of Act to international wills
PART X -- Informal wills
- 32 Court may dispense with formal requirements
- 33 Application of section
- 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
- 40 Jurisdiction of Court to make, alter or revoke will
- 41 Content of application under section
- 42 Certain criteria to be applied by Court
- 43 Further powers of Court
- 44 Deposit of wills made under this Part with Principal Registrar
- 45 Court may allow access to will
- 46 Alteration or revocation of will authorised under this PART
- 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
PART XII -- Rectification of wills by Supreme Court
- 49 Term used: Court
- 50 Court may rectify will