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Wills Act 1968
31CBeneficiary not surviving deceased person
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31C Beneficiary not surviving deceased person (1) This section applies if— (a) either— (i) a deceased person, by will, devises or bequeaths property to, appoints property in favour of, or gives the power to appoint property to, a person; or (ii) a person is entitled to take an interest in the estate of a deceased person on intestacy; and