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Navy and Marines (Wills) Act 1914

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1914 c. 17
Year1914


Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1914.

(5 & 6 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 17.

An Act to enable the Admiralty to dispense with compliance with the requirements of the Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865 and 1897, in the case of Seamen and Marines dying during or in consequence of the present War.

[27th November 1914]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Power of Admiralty to dispense with provisions of Navy and Marines \(Wills) Acts.

1 Power of Admiralty to dispense with provisions of Navy and Marines \(Wills) Acts.

1. Notwithstanding anything in the Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865 and 1897, the Admiralty may, in the case of of a will made by any person being or having been a seaman or marine who may have died or may hereafter die during or in consequence of the present war, pay or deliver any wages, grant, or other allowance, or other money payable by the Admiralty, or any effects or money in charge of the Admiralty, to any person claiming to be entitled thereto under such will though not made in conformity with the provisions of the said Acts, if the Admiralty are of opinion that compliance with the requirements of those Acts may be properly dispensed with.

S-2 Short title.

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as theNavy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1914.

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