WILLS VARIATION ACT (Supplement)

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[Supplement]

WILLS VARIATION ACT

[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 490

[Updated to September 6, 2000]

1 Section 3 (1) (b) of the Wills Variation Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) a copy of the writ of summons has been served on the executor of the will and a copy of the writ of summons and notice in the form prescribed in the Rules of Court has been filed with the registrar in the registry where probate of the will was granted, and .

1992-32-27.

Section Spent

2 [Spent]

3 Section 4 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) A plaintiff in an action must, within 14 days of the issue of the writ of summons, file a copy of the writ of summons and a notice in the form prescribed in the Rules of Court with the registrar at the registry from which the grant of letters probate was issued.

1992-32-26.

Commencement

4 Sections 1 to 3 come into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

1992-32-28 (1); 1993-64-34.