Article 971 (Effect of Will by Sealed and Notarized Document Failing to Satisfy
Formalities)
Even a will by sealed and notarized document which fails to satisfy the formalities
provided for in the preceding Article shall have effect as a will made by holograph
document, if prepared in accordance with the formalities provided for in Article 968.
Article 972 (Special Provisions for Will by Sealed and Notarized Document)
(1) In the case where a will by sealed and notarized document is made by a person
who cannot speak, the testator shall make a statement to the effect that the
certificate is one's own will, giving the author's name and address through an
interpreter, or by his/her own hand upon the sealed document, in lieu of the
statement of item (iii) of paragraph (1) of Article 970.
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a testator has given a
statement through an interpreter, a notary public shall make an entry on the
sealed document to that effect.
(3) In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if the testator has written on the sealed
document is in his/her own hand, a notary public shall make an entry to that effect
on the sealed document in lieu of the entry of statement in the provision of item
(iv) of paragraph 1 of Article 970.