Section 171 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 171 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Validation of appointments where objects are excluded or take illusory shares. It provides as follows:

(1) No appointment made in exercise of any power to appoint any property
among two or more objects shall be invalid on the ground that
(a) an unsubstantial, illusory, or nominal share only is appointed to or left
unappointed to devolve upon any one or more of the objects of the power; or

(b) any object of the power is thereby altogether excluded;
but every such appointment shall be valid notwithstanding that any one or more of the objects is not thereby, or in default of appointment, to take any share in the
property.

(2) This section does not affect any provision in the instrument creating the power which declares the amount of any share from which any object of the power is not to be excluded.

(3) This section applies to appointments made before or after the commencement of this Law.