TERRENEUVE

Statuts Refondus de 1892, chapitre 79.

Section 1.—No will shall be valid unless it be made in writing, nor unless, it be either in the handwriting of the testator and signed by him, or, if not so written and signed, be signed by him in the presence of at least two witnesses who shall, in the presence of the testator, sign the same as witnesses, and in case such will shall be made by a marksman, unless the same shall har- veen first read over to or by the testator in the presence of the Said witnesses : Provided that any seaman or fisherman being at sea, may dispose of his property in the same manner as he might have done before the passing of this chapter.

Section 6.—No devise, bequest, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment, to any person or to the husband or wife of any person who shall attest the execution of any will, shall be null and void if the will can be sufficiently proved according to the provisions hereinbefore contained without proof by such person of the execution thereof ; but where the will cannot bc sufficiently proved without the evidence of such person, he or she shall be admitted as a witness to prove the execution or the validity, or invalidity of such will and in such case the devise, bequest, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment in his or her favor shall be null and void.