Home
Français
Acts and Regulations
W-9
- Wills Act
Summary
Regulation
0
Full text
Detailled Table of Contents
Current to 1 January 2024
Wills Act
1
Will defined
I
GENERAL
2
Power of testator
3
Necessity of writing
4
Attestation clause
4.1
Attestation clause when using an electronic means of communication
5
Will of member of Canadian Forces
6
Holograph will
7
Signature to will
8
Persons under 19 years
9
Validity of power of appointment
10
Publication of will
11
Effect of incompetency of attesting witness
12
Conflict of interest of attesting witness
13
Power of creditor to attest will
14
Power of executor to attest will
15
Revocation of will
15.1
Effect of subsequent marriage on will
16
Circumstances where section 15.1 does not apply
17
Presumption of intention to revoke
18
Alterations
19
Revival of revocation
20
Subsequent conveyance, ademption
21
Revival of will
22
Effect of failure of inter-vivos gift
23
Devise includes leasehold and freehold estates
24
Devise or bequest includes property that testator has power to appoint
25
Devise passes whole of estate
26
Devise or bequest to the “heir” of the testator
27
Devise or bequest referring to want or failure of issue
28
Devise to trustee or executor passes whole of estate
29
Devise to trustee passes whole of estate when purposes of trust satisfied
30
Gift for charitable purposes
31
Devise of estate tail or entail estate
32
Effect of death of beneficiary or devisee
33
Illegitimate child deemed legitimate child
34
Devise of mortgaged property
35
Power of executor respecting residuary estate
35.1
Jurisdiction of the court where formal requirements are not complied with
II
CONFLICT OF LAWS
36
Intrinsic validity and effect of will
37
Manner and formalities of making will
38
Change of domicile or in habitual residence of testator
39
Aiding with construction of will
40
Value of movable connected to land
III
APPLICATION OF ACT
41
Application of Act
0
Advanced search (includes point-in-time)
Consolidated Acts and Regulations
Acts
by title
by chapter
by department
Regulations
by regulation number
Annual Acts and Regulations
Acts
by year
Regulations
by year
Access Rules of Court
by rule number
Repealed Legislation (2011 onward)
Acts
by title
Selections
Show
Selections in current document
All selections in the collection
Selected elements
Delete all selections
Show selections
Cyberlex
Version 2.2.4.0