Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 669
669. (1) Where a person who is totally deaf, but can read,
desires to make a public will, he shall read such will himself in the
presence of the notary and the witnesses, and the notary shall,
before the will is signed by himself and the witnesses, enter, at the
foot of the will, a declaration to the effect that the will has been so
read by the testator.
(2) Where, however, such deaf person cannot read, he himself
shall declare his will in the presence of the notary and the
witnesses, and the notary shall , before the will is signed by h imself
and the witnesses, enter, at the foot of the will, a declaratio n to the
effect that the will is in accordance with the will as declared by the
testator.
Persons
incompetent as
witnesses in public
wills.
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