Succession Act, 1965

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Effect of devise or bequest to spouse.

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114.—(1) Where property is devised or bequeathed in a will to a spouse and the devise or bequest is expressed in the will to be in addition to the share as a legal right of the spouse, the testator shall be deemed to have made by the will a gift to the spouse consisting of—

(a) a sum equal to the value of the share as a legal right of the spouse, and

(b) the property so devised or bequeathed.

(2) In any other case, a devise or bequest in a will to a spouse shall be deemed to have been intended by the testator to be in satisfaction of the share as a legal right of the spouse.