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C.C.S.M. c. W150
The Wills Act
| 1 | Definitions |
| PART I | |
| GENERAL | |
| 2 | Property disposable by will |
| 3 | Writing required |
| 4 | Signatures required |
| 5(1) | Military forces and mariners |
| (2) | Certificate as to service |
| (3) | Other evidence of service |
| 6 | Holograph will |
| 7(1) | Place of signature: all wills |
| (2) | Special rules |
| (3) | Writing underneath signature |
| 8(1) | Infants |
| (2) | Certificate as to service |
| (3) | Revocation by infants |
| 9 | Will exercising power of appointment |
| 10 | Publication |
| 11 | Incompetency of witness |
| 12(1) | Definition of "common-law partner" |
| (1.1) | Gift to attesting witness |
| (2) | Attestation by two other witnesses |
| (3) | Validation of gifts to witnesses |
| 13(1) | Gift to persons signing for testator |
| (2) | Validation of gifts to signor of will |
| 14 | Creditor as witness |
| 15 | Executor as witness |
| 16 | Revocation in general |
| 17 | Revocation by marriage |
| 18(1) | No revocation by presumption |
| (2) | Effect of divorce |
| (3) | Definition of "spouse" |
| (4) | Effect of termination of common-law relationship |
| 19(1) | Making alterations |
| (2) | Execution of alterations |
| 20(1) | Revival |
| (2) | Partial revival |
| 21 | Subsequent conveyance |
| 22(1) | Time of revival or re-execution |
| (2) | Will speaking from death |
| 23 | Dispensation power |
| 24(1) | |
| (2) | Application to Public Trustee |
| 25 | Lapsed and void devises |
| 25.1 | Devise of estate tail |
| 25.2 | When issue predecease testator |
| 25.3 | Definition of issue |
| 26 | Leaseholds in general devise |
| 27(1) | Exercise of gen'l power of appt. |
| (2) | Bequest of personal property |
| 28 | Devise without words of limitation |
| 29 | Gifts to heirs |
| 30(1) | Meaning of "die without issue" |
| (2) | Exception |
| 31 | Devise to trustees |
| 32 | Unlimited devise to trustees |
| 33 | |
| 34 | |
| 35(1) | All children legitimate |
| (2) | Relationship by adoption |
| 36(1) | Primary liability of mortgaged land |
| (2) | Signifying contrary intention |
| (3) | Saving |
| (4) | "Mortgage" defined |
| 37(1) | Executor as trustee of residue |
| (2) | Saving |
| 38(1) | Application of this Part |
| (2) | Application of anti-lapse provisions |
| (3) | Subsecs. 12(3) and 13(2) and sec. 23 |
| (4) | Application of section 25.2 |
| PART II | |
| CONFLICT OF LAWS | |
| 39 | Definitions |
| 40 | Application of Part |
| 41(1) | Interests in land under will |
| (2) | Interest in movables under will |
| 42(1) | Validity re. movables |
| (2) | Properly made wills re. movables |
| 43 | Change of domicile |
| 44 | Construction of will |
| 45 | Movables related to land |
| 46(1) | Formalities |
| (2) | Curative effect |
| 47(1) | Application of Part |
| (2) | Saving clause for old wills |
| (3) | Effect of former Part II |
| (4) | Effect of Part II of R.S.M., 1954 |
| PART III | |
| INTERNATIONAL WILLS | |
| 48 | Definitions |
| 49 | Application of convention |
| 50 | Rules re. international will |
| 51 | Validity under other laws |
| 52 | Authorized persons |
| 53 | |
| 54 | |
| 55 | |
| 56 | |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Regulations |
| PART IV | |
| GENERAL | |
| 59 | Act subject to Homesteads and Family Property Acts |
| 60(1) | Application of 1913 Act |
| (2) | Application of 1954 Act |
| 61 | Commencement |
| SCHEDULE | |
| CONVENTION PROVIDING A UNIFORM LAW ON | |
| Article I | |
| Article II | |
| Article III | |
| Article IV | |
| Article V | |
| Article VI | |
| Article VII | |
| Article VIII | |
| Article IX | |
| Article X | |
| Article XI | |
| Article XII | |
| Article XIII | |
| Article XIV | |
| Article XV | |
| Article XVI | |
| ANNEX TO THE CONVENTION — RULES REGARDING AN INTERNATIONAL WILL | |
| Article 1 | |
| Article 2 | |
| Article 3 | |
| Article 4 | |
| Article 5 | |
| Article 6 | |
| Article 7 | |
| Article 8 | |
| Article 9 | |
| Article 10 | |
| Article 11 | |
| Article 12 | |
| Article 13 | |
| Article 14 | |
| Article 15 |