Cap. 30activeordinance

Wills Ordinance

遺囑條例

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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.