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Application General rule re formal validity of wills of persons dying abroad Additional rules The Formal Validity of Wills (Persons Dying Abroad) Law, 2018 (2) A will, so far as it exercises a power of appointment, shall not be treated as improperly executed by reason only that its execution was not in accordance with any formal requirements contained in the instrument creating the power. 6. Where a law in force outside the Islands is to be applied in relation to a will, any provision of that law that requires that special formalities are to be observed by a testator fitting a particular description or witnesses to the execution of the will are to possess certain qualifications, shall be treated, notwithstanding any rule of that law to the contrary, as a formal requirement only. 7. Any rule of the common law governing the formal validity of wills of persons dying abroad is abolished. Passed by the Legislative Assembly on the 22nd day of November, 2018. Dr. Hon. W. 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AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND\nCONNECTED PURPOSES\n\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n\n1.\n(1) This Law may be cited as the Formal Validity of Wills (Persons Dying\nAbroad) Law, 2018.\n(2) This Law shall come into force on such date as may be appointed by\nOrder made by the Cabinet.\n2.\nIn this Law -\n\u201cinternal law\u201d, in relation to any territory or state, means the law which would\napply in a case where no question of the law in force in any other territory or state\narose;\n\u201cstate\u201d means a territory or group of territories having its own law of nationality\nand includes the Islands;\n\u201ctestator\u201d means a person who makes a will;\nShort title and\ncommencement\nInterpretation\n\nThe Formal Validity of Wills (Persons Dying Abroad) Law, 2018\n\n4\n\u201cvessel\u201d includes aircraft; and\n\u201cwill\u201d includes any testamentary instrument or act.\n3.\nThis Law applies to a will that is executed by a person who dies -\n(a)\nafter the commencement of this Law; and\n(b) while domiciled outside of the Islands.\n4.\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a will to which this Law applies shall be\ntreated as properly executed if its execution conformed to -\n(a)\nthe internal law of the Islands; or\n(b) the internal law in force -\n\n(i)\nin the territory where it was executed;\n\n(ii) in the territory where, at the time of its execution or at the\ntestator's death, the testator was domiciled or had his or her\nhabitual residence; or\n(iii) in the state of which, at either of the times in subparagraphs\n(i) or (ii),  the testator was a national.\n(2) To the extent that a will purports to dispose of immovable property or\nany interest in land in the Islands, it shall be treated as properly executed only if\nexecuted in accordance with section 4(1)(a).\n5.\n(1) Without prejudice to section 4, the following shall be treated as\nproperly executed -\n(a)\na will that is executed on board a vessel of any description, if the\nexecution of the will conformed to the internal law in force in the\nterritory to which the vessel, having regard to its registration (if\nany) and other relevant circumstances, may be taken to have been\nmost closely connected with;\n(b) a will so far as it disposes of immovable property outside the\nIslands, if its execution conformed to the internal law in force in\nthe territory where the property was situated;\n(c)\na will so far as it revokes a will which under this Law would be\ntreated as properly executed or revokes a provision which under\nthis Law would be treated as comprised in a properly executed\nwill, if the execution of the later will conformed to any law by\nreference to which the revoked will or provision would be so\ntreated; and\n(d) a will, so far as it exercises a power of appointment, whose\nexecution conformed to the law governing the essential validity\nof the power.\nApplication\nGeneral rule re formal\nvalidity of wills of\npersons dying abroad\nAdditional rules\n\nThe Formal Validity of Wills (Persons Dying Abroad) Law, 2018\n\n5\n(2) A will, so far as it exercises a power of appointment, shall not be\ntreated as improperly executed by reason only that its execution was not in\naccordance with any formal requirements contained in the instrument creating the\npower.\n6.\nWhere a law in force outside the Islands is to be applied in relation to a will,\nany provision of that law that requires that special formalities are to be observed\nby a testator fitting a particular description or witnesses to the execution of the\nwill are to possess certain qualifications, shall be treated, notwithstanding any\nrule of that law to the contrary, as a formal requirement only.\n7.\nAny rule of the common law governing the formal validity of wills of\npersons dying abroad is abolished.\n\n           Passed by the Legislative Assembly on the 22nd day of November, 2018.\n\nDr. Hon. 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