Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 611

611. (1) The members of monastic orders or of religious corporations of regulars cannot, after taking the vows in the religious order or corporation, dispose by will. (2) Nor can such persons receive under a will except small life pensions, saving any other prohibition laid down by the rules o f the order or corporation to which they belong. (3)* Where such persons are lawfu lly released from their vows, they shall again acquire the cap acity to receive under a will, as well as to dispose of such property as they may have subsequently acquired, and any disposition made in favour of a person who at the time of the testator’s death was a member of a monastic order o r of a religious corporation of regul ars shall remain suspended unti l such person is either released from his vows as aforesaid or di es while still a member of such order or corporation, and shall be ineffectual if the person, in whose favour it is made, dies while still such a member. Disposition in favour of incapable persons is null even if made through intermediaries. Amended by: XVIII.2004.55.