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WILLS ACT 1936 - SECT 20

20—Will to be revoked by marriage

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), every will made by a man or woman is revoked by his or her marriage (except a will made in exercise of a power of appointment when the real or personal estate thereby appointed would not in default of such appointment pass to his or her heir executor or administrator, or the person entitled as his or her next of kin under the Statute of Distributions).

        (2)         A will made after the commencement of the Wills Act Amendment Act 1969 which is expressed to be made in contemplation of marriage, is not revoked by the solemnisation of the marriage contemplated.



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