Section 12 — Wills Act

(1)

Every will made by any person shall be revoked by his marriage, except in the case of a will made in exercise of a power of appointment, when the property thereby appointed would not in default of such appointment pass to his heir, executor or administrator or the person entitled in case of his intestacy.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), a will expressed to be made in contemplation of a marriage shall not be revoked by the solemnisation of the marriage contemplated; and this subsection shall apply notwithstanding that the marriage contemplated may be the first, second or subsequent marriage of a person lawfully practising polygamy.

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(3)

If, after a testator has made a will, a decree of a court dissolves or annuls his marriage —

(a)

the will shall take effect as if any appointment of the former spouse as an executor or as the executor and trustee of the will were omitted; and

(b)

any devise or bequest to the former spouse shall lapse, except in so far as a contrary intention appears by the will.

Altered circumstances.