11/11/2023
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น
๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
The requirements for a valid Will are set out in section 2(1) of the Wills Act 7 of 1953:
1. The Will must be signed at the end thereof by the testator (or by someone else in the presence of the testator and at his request).
2. The testator or such other person must sign in the presence of two competent witnesses.
3. The witnesses must sign the Will in the presence of the testator and of each other (and, if applicable, in the presence of such other person).
4. If the Will consists of more than one page, each page must be signed by the testator (or by someone else in the presence of the testator and at his request). Since 1 October 1992 it is no longer necessary for the witnesses to sign each page (they are only required to sign the last page), but for practical reasons, it is still advisable that they do so.
5. If the testator makes a mark or the Will is signed by somebody else in his presence and at his request, a Commissioner of Oaths must certify at the end of the Will that he identified the testator, and that the Will is the Will of the testator.
๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฒ-๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฒ.๐ด., ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ), ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ.