Section 1 Explanation of s. II of 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26.

In order to remove doubts as to the construction of the M1Wills Act 1837, it is hereby declared and enacted that section eleven of that Act authorises and always has authorised any soldier being in actual military service, or any mariner or seaman being at sea, to dispose of his personal estate as he might have done before the passing of that Act, though under the age of F1eighteen years.