Acts and Regulations

W-9 - Wills Act

Section 7
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Signature to will
7(1)In so far as the position of the signature is concerned, a will is valid if the signature of the testator, made either by him or the person signing for him, is placed at or after or following or under or beside or opposite to the end of the will so that it is apparent on the face of the will that the testator intended to give effect by the signature to the writing signed as his will.
7(2)A will is not rendered invalid by the circumstance that
(a) the signature does not follow or is not immediately after the foot or end of the will,
(b) a blank space intervenes between the concluding words of the will and the signature,
(c) the signature is placed among the words of a testimonium clause or of a clause of attestation or follows or is after or under a clause of attestation either with or without a blank space intervening, or follows or is after or under or beside the name of a subscribing witness,
(d) the signature is on a side or page or other portion of the paper or papers containing the will on which no clause or paragraph or disposing part of the will is written above the signature, or
(e) there appears to be sufficient space on or at the bottom of the preceding side or page or other portion of the same paper on which the will is written to contain the signature.
7(3)The generality of subsection (1) is not restricted by the enumeration of circumstances set out in subsection (2), but a signature in conformity with section 4, 5 or 6 or this section does not give effect to a disposition or direction that is underneath the signature or that follows the signature or to a disposition or direction inserted after the signature was made.
1959, c.15, s.7