SCHEDULE 2 The Annex to the Convention on International Wills
Administration of Justice Act 1982 (1982 c 53) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 2 The Annex to the Convention on International Wills

Section 27

UNIFORM LAW ON THE FORM OF AN INTERNATIONAL WILL

ARTICLE 1

1

A will shall be valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets and of the nationality, domicile or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the provisions set out in Articles 2 to 5 hereinafter.

2

The invalidity of the will as an international will shall not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.

ARTICLE 2

This law shall not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.

ARTICLE 3

1

The will shall be made in writing.

2

It need not be written by the testator himself.

3

It may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means.

ARTICLE 4

1

The testator shall declare in the presence of two witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is his will and that he knows the contents

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