Section 47 — Succession Act 2006 (NSW)

Definition of “internal law”

(cf WPA 32A (1))
In this Part—
internal law, in relation to a place, means the law applying in a case where no question of the law in force in any other place arises.

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s 44 — Can a person, by will, delegate the power to dispose of property?
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s 46 — Operation of wills relating to transgender persons
s 47A — Part does not limit operation of international will provisions
s 48 — General rule as to the validity of a will executed in a foreign place
s 49 — Deciding system of law to apply if more than one system of law

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