Distinguish between the following: 'Privileged will' and 'unprivileged will'.
CS Professional · Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings · PYQS · June 2015
Distinguish between the following: 'Privileged will' and 'unprivileged will'.
Answer & Explanation:
Any soldier being employed in an expedition or engaged in actual warfare, or an airman so employed or engaged, or any mariner being at sea, may, if he has completed the age of eighteen years, dispose of his property by a Will made in the manner provided in Section 6 of the Indian Succession Act. Such Wills are called privileged Wills. Privileged Wills may be made orally and may not always be in writing. If written in handwriting of testator, it need not be signed or attested. It is governed by sections 65 & 66 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Wills made by the persons other than stated above are Unprivileged Will. Such Wills are required to be in writing, signed by testator and attested by the two witnesses (except those made by Mohammedans). It is governed by section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
Topics: Wills
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