15. Revocation of will or codicil
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A will or codicil can be cancelled only in certain ways, including as section 13 provides. It can be cancelled by another will or codicil, or a written statement of intent to cancel, executed as the Act requires. The will-maker, or someone in their presence and at their direction, can burn, tear or destroy it, intending to cancel it.
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No will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than —
will
“will” includes a testament and an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power and also a disposition by will and testament and any other testamentary disposition.
as provided in section 13;
by another will or codicil executed in the manner by this Act required;
by some writing declaring an intention to revoke it, and executed in the manner in which a will is by this Act required to be executed; or
by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the will by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking it.