Part IExecution of Wills

1 Requirements for Valid Will

(1)No will shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction.

(2)Such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, who shall attest and subscribe the will in the presence of the testator.

2 Capacity

No will made by any person under the age of twenty-one years shall be valid unless such person is a soldier in actual military service or a mariner at sea.

Part IIDistribution on Intestacy

3 Devolution on Intestacy

Where a person dies intestate leaving a surviving spouse and issue:

(a)the surviving spouse shall take the personal chattels absolutely and the sum of £5,000 free of costs;

(b)the residue shall be held on statutory trusts for the issue in equal shares upon attaining twenty-one years.

Part IIIGeneral

4 Citation

This Act may be cited as the Wills and Administration of Estates Act.