Wills Ordinance

(1)
Where, after a testator has made a will, his marriage is validly dissolved,
                annulled or declared
void—
(a)
the will shall take effect as if any appointment of the former spouse as an
                    executor or as the executor and trustee of the will were omitted; and
(b)
any devise or bequest to the former spouse shall
                    lapse,
except in so far as a contrary intention appears from the will.
(2)
Subsection
(1
)(
b)
is without prejudice to any right of the former spouse to apply for provision for maintenance under the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (
Cap. 179
).
(3)
Where—
(a)
by the terms of a will an interest in remainder is subject to a life interest; and
(b)
the life interest lapses by virtue of subsection
(1
)(
b)
,
the interest in remainder shall be treated as if it had not been subject to the life interest and, if it was contingent upon the termination of the life interest, as if it had not been so contingent.