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334. Presentation of closed will and approval by the Special Notary.— (1) The testator shall
present the closed will to a Special Notary in the presence of two witnesses and declare
that the disposition is his last will.
(2) Thereafter, in the presence of the said witnesses, the Special Notary, after having a
look at the will but without reading it, shall draw a record of approval. The record shall be
drawn immediately next after the signature on the will and shall be continued without
interruption on the same page and on the subsequent pages.
(3) The Special Notary shall draw a record stating as follows:-
(a) whether the will is written and signed by the testator;
(b) whether it is initialled by the person who has signed it;
(c) the number of the pages of the will;
(d) whether it has or does not have any blot, interlineations, corrections or marginal
notes;
(e) whether the testator was identified;
(f) whether the testator was in his perfect senses and wholly free from any coercion;
(g) whether the will was presented by the testator in person in the manner required by
law.
(4) The record of approval shall be read, dated and signed in conformity with the
provisions of the preceding sections 324 and 325.
(5) Thereafter and in the presence of the same witnesses the Special Notary shall put the
will in a cover and seal it and draw up on the external side of the cover, a note giving the
name of the testator whose will is sealed.
335. Record of the approval of the closed will.— The records of approval of closed wills
shall be made in the respective book. It shall contain the details of the place, the day,
month and year, when the record of approval was made and the names and addresses of
the testator and the witnesses.
336. Failure to comply with formalities.— (1) A closed will in respect whereof the
above mentioned formalities have not been complied with, shall not take effect and the
Special Notary shall be liable to pay damages and be subject to major penalty by
disciplinary proceeding.
(2) Failure to record the number of pages of the will and whether it has any blot,
interlineations, correction or marginal note, shall invalidate the will, provided that it has in
fact been initialed and it does not have any blot, interlineations, correction or marginal
note.