{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837/section-33A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837/section-33A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Will4and1Vict/7/26",
  "legislation_title": "Wills Act 1837",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837",
  "path": "section/33A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33A",
  "heading": "Disclaimer or forfeiture of gift",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a will contains a devise or bequest to a person who—\n(a) disclaims it, or\n(b) has been precluded by the forfeiture rule from acquiring it.\n(2) The person is, unless a contrary intention appears by the will, to be treated for the purposes of this Act as having died immediately before the testator.\n(3) But in a case within subsection (1)(b), subsection (2) does not affect the power conferred by section 2 of the Forfeiture Act 1982 (power of court to modify the forfeiture rule).\n(4) In this section “ forfeiture rule ” has the same meaning as in the Forfeiture Act 1982.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 33A inserted (E.W.) (1.2.2012) by Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 (c. 7), ss. 2(2), 4(2) (with s. 4(4)); S.I. 2011/2913, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4and1Vict/7/26/section/33A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:45:15.749513+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}