An Act to Amend Section Six Hundred and Twenty of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety Entitled "An Act Providing for a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," by Safeguarding More Efficiently the Authenticity of Wills
Act No. 2057, enacted on February 3, 1911, amends Section 620 of the Philippine Code of Procedure concerning the authenticity of wills. The amendment specifies that any individual who is of sound mind, at least eighteen years old, not blind, deaf, or dumb, and capable of reading and writing, is deemed competent to witness the execution of a will. This change aims to enhance the safeguarding of wills' authenticity in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippines.
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- Act No. 2057
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 3, 1911
ACT NO. 2057
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY SAFEGUARDING MORE EFFICIENTLY THE AUTHENTICITY OF WILLS
SECTION 1. Section six hundred and twenty of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing for a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 620. Who are competent witnesses. — Any person of sound mind and of the age of eighteen years or more, and not blind, deaf, or dumb, and able to read and write, may be a witness to the execution of a will."
ENACTED, February 3, 1911.
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An Act to Amend Section Six Hundred and Twenty of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety Entitled "An Act Providing for a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," by Safeguarding More Efficiently the Authenticity of Wills, Act No. 2057, Feb 3, 1911 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Six Hundred and Twenty of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety Entitled "An Act Providing for a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," by Safeguarding More Efficiently the Authenticity of Wills, Act No. 2057 (Phil. 1911)
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