2046
[15 & 16 Vic. c. 26.]
Short title.
Interpreta tion.
Interpreta-
tion
of Wills.
[15 & 16 Vic. c. 24, s. 3.]
Repeal.
When will
shall be deemed valid
as regards the
position of the testator's signature.
[15 & 16 Vic. c. 24, s. 1.]
ORDINANCE No. 28 of 1886.
Wills Act Amendment.
No. 28 of 1886.
An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating
to Wills.
[14th December, 1886.]
BE
it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Wills Act Amendment Ordinance, 1886.”
2. The expression "Principal Act" in this Ordinance shall mean an Act passed in the 7th year of the reign of His Majesty King WILLIAM the 4th, and the 1st year of the reign of Her Present Majesty Queen VICTORIA chapter 26 entitled "An Act for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills," and
The word "Will" shall in the construction of this Ordinance be interpreted in like manner as the same is directed to be interpreted under the provisions in this behalf contained in the Principal Act.
3. So much of Ordinance No. 3 of 1854 as relates to the Act passed in the 15th and 16th years of Her present Majesty chapter 24 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect any past operation of the said Ordinance or any thing done or suffered thereunder.
4. Every will shall so far only as regards the position of the signature of the testator, or of the person signing for him as aforesaid, be deemed to be valid within the Principal Act as explained by this Ordinance, if the signature shall be so placed at or after, or following, or under, or beside, or opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be apparent on the face of the will that the testator intended to give effect by such his nature to the writing as his will; and no such will shall be affected by the circumstance that the signature shall not follow or be immediately after the foot or end of the will, or by the circumstance that a blank space shall intervene between the concluding word of the will and the signature, or by the circumstance that the signature shall be placed among the words of the testimonium clause or of the clause of attestation, or shall follow or be after or under the clause of attestation, either with or without a blank space intervening or shall follow or be after, or under, or beside the names or one of the names of the subscribing witnesses, or by the circumstance that the signature shall be on a side