Section 69 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 provides that if a maker, whether man or woman, of a will marries after making the will, the will is revoked. This revocation is by operation of law.

The only exception provided is when a Will is made in exercise of power of appointment and the concerned property over which the power of appointment is exercised, would not have gone to his executor or administrator or his heir, if the person had died intestate. A person has power of appointment when he is invested with power to determine the disposition of property of which he is not the owner.

The rule of automatic revocation on marriage by operation of law is not valid where two persons make mutual wills. In such a case, the marriage of one of them does not revoke the will of others.

The provision is not applicable to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains as it does not find place in Schedule III of the Act. As the provisions of the Indian Succession Act are not applicable to Mohammedans, the provision is not applicable to them also.