When and how can a will be revoked?
11 When and how can a will be revoked?
The whole or any part of a will may be revoked but only—
if the revocation (whether by a will or other means) is authorised by an order under section 16 or 18, or
by the operation of section 12 or 13, or
by a later will, or
by some writing declaring an intention to revoke it, executed in the manner in which a will is required to be executed by this Act, or
by the testator, or by some person in his or her presence and by his or her direction, burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the will with the intention of revoking it, or
by the testator, or by some person in his or her presence and at his or her direction, writing on the will or dealing with the will in such a manner that the Court is satisfied from the state of the will that the testator intended to revoke it.
No will or part of a will may be revoked by any presumption of an intention on the ground of an alteration in circumstances.
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