Intrinsic validity and effect of will
(a)
an interest in land includes a leasehold estate as well as a freehold estate in land, and any other estate or interest in land whether the estate or interest is real property or is personal property;
(b)
an interest in movables includes an interest in a tangible or intangible thing other than land, and includes personal property other than an estate or interest in land.
36(2)Subject to other provisions of this Part, the intrinsic validity and effect of a will, so far it relates to an interest in land, are governed by the law of the place where the land is situated.
36(3)Subject to other provisions of this Part, the intrinsic validity and effect of a will, so far as it relates to an interest in movables, are governed by the law of the place where the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator’s death.
1959, c.15, s.36; 1997, c.7, s.2