Full legislation
s.22
Meaning ofdie without issueetc.
In a disposition of
property, the words
die
without
issue
(
死後無嗣
), or
die
without
leaving
issue
(
死後無遺下後嗣
), or
have
no
issue
(
無嗣
), or any other words which may import either
a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or
an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of
issue in his lifetime or at the time of his death, and not an indefinite failure of
issue unless a contrary intention appears from the will.