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Application of rules on certain cases
Cap. 203, s. 9 · Revised Edition 2020
(2) No such will shall be affected by the circumstances that,
(a) the signature does not follow or be immediately after the foot or end of the will;
(b) a blank space intervenes between the concluding word of the will and the
(c) the signature is placed among the words of the testimonium clause or of the clause of attestation, or follows or is after or under the clause of attestation, either with or without a blank space intervening, or follows or is after, or under, or beside the names or one of the names of the subscribing witnesses;
(d) the signature is on a side or page or other portion of the paper or papers containing the will whereon no clause or paragraphs 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.
(3) The enumeration of the above circumstances shall not restrict the generality of the above enactment.
(4) No signature under this section shall be operative to give effect to,
(a) any disposition or direction which is underneath or which follows that signature;
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(b) any disposition or direction inserted after the signature is made.
cases.
9. Section 8 of this Act, shall extend and be applied to every will already made where administration or probate has not already been granted or ordered in consequence of the defective execution of such will, or where the property, being other than personality, has not been possessed or enjoyed by some person claiming to be entitled thereto, in consequence of the defective execution of such will, or the right thereto has not been decided to be in some other person than the person claiming under the will in consequence of the defective execution of such will.
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