Wills Act 1895 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESLMO OCTAVO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO NON0

A. D. 1895.

No. 620.

An Act to amend the Law with respect to Wills.

[Assented to, October zmd, X%.]

it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South AUS-

tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council

BE and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlia-

ment assembled, as follows:

1. Every will and other testamentary instrument made out of the Wills made out of

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Province of South Australia (whatever may be the domicile of the ~ ~ ~ t be ~ ~ ~ A ' $ ~

person making the same at the time of making the same or at the according to the law of the place where

time of his or her death) shall, as regards personal estate, be held to made.

be well executed for the purpose ;f behg admitted in the said

a-

province to probate if the same be made according to the forms 114, sec. l.

required either by the law of the place where the same was made,

or by the law of the place where such person was domiciled when

the same was made, or by the laws then in force in that part of Her

Majesty's dominioils where he had his domicile of origin.

2. Every will and other testamentary instrument made within the wiu. d 0 in the

province Q be ad-

Province of South Australia (whatever may be the domicile of the ,, , ,,,

person making the same at the time of making the same or at accordine to local

the time of his or her death) shall, as regards personal estate, be usage.

held to be well executed, and shall be admitted in the said province lb.$ aeo. 2.

to probate if the same be executed according to the forms required

by the laws for the time being in force in the said province.

3. No

The Wills Act,-1895.

Change of domicile

not to invalidate will. 3. No will or other testamentary instrument shall be held to be

24 & 26 Vict., ch.	revoked. or to have become invalid, nor shall the construction thereof
114, sec. 3.	be alterid by reason of any subsequent change of domicile of the
person making the same.
Nothin in this Act

to invAbte w i b 4. Nothing in this Act contained shall invalidate any will or

otherwise made.	other testamentary instrument as regards pcrsonal estate which
Ib., aw. 4.	would have been valid if this Act had not been passed, except as such will or other testamentary instrument may be revoked or altered by any subsequent will or testamentary instrument made valid by this Act.

Extent of Act. 5. This Act shall extend only to wills and other testamentary

Ib., sec. 6. instruments made by persons who die after the passing of this Act.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

S. J. WAY, Lieutenant-Governor.

Adelaide: By authority, C. E. BRI~TOW, Government Printer, Worth-tsmco.