A natural person may, in accordance with law, create a testamentary trust.
Ar cle 1134 A holographic will is one wri en by the testator’s hand and signed by him, specifying the year,
month, and day of its making.
Ar cle 1135 A will wri en on behalf of the testator shall be a ested by two or more witnesses, of whom one
writes the will, specifying the year, month, and day of its making, and signs it along with the other
witness(es) and with the testator.
Ar cle 1136 A will in printed form shall be a ested by two or more witnesses. The testator and the witnesses
shall sign and specify the year, month, and day on each page.
Ar cle 1137 A will made in the form of an audio or video recording shall be a ested by two or more
witnesses. The testator and the witnesses shall record their names or likeness in the recording and specify
the year, month, and day of its making.
Ar cle 1138 A testator may, when facing imminent danger, make a nuncupa ve will. A nuncupa ve will shall
be a ested by two or more witnesses. When the imminent danger is removed and where the testator is able
to make a will in wri ng or in the form of an audio or video recording, the nuncupa ve will thus made
becomes invalid.
Ar cle 1139 A notarized will is one made by a testator through a notary agency.
Ar cle 1140 None of the following persons is eligible to act as a witness to a will:
(1) a person with no or limited capacity for performing civil juris c acts, or a person otherwise incompetent
to a est a will;
(2) a successor or a donee-by-will; or
(3) a person having an interest with a successor or a donee-by-will.
Ar cle 1141 Reserva on of a necessary por on of an estate shall be made in a will for a successor who has
neither the ability to work nor the source of income.
Ar cle 1142 A testator may revoke or alter a will he has made.
Where a testator who, a er making a will, acts inconsistently with the content of his will, the per nent part
of the will is deemed to be revoked.
Where several wills have been made and their contents are inconsistent, the will made last in me shall
prevail.
Ar cle 1143 A will made by a person with no or limited capacity for performing for civil juris c acts is void.
A will must manifest the genuine inten on of the testator, and a will made under fraud or duress is void.
A forged will is void.
Where a will has been tampered with, the a ected part of the will is void.
Ar cle 1144 Where a testate succession or a testamentary gi is condi oned upon performance of an
obliga on, the successor or donee-by-will shall perform the obliga on. Where a successor or donee-by-will
fails to perform such an obliga on without just cause, the people’s court may, upon request by an interested
person or a relevant organiza on, deprive him of the right to inherit the por on of the estate to which
performance of the obliga on is a ached.
Chapter IV Disposi on of Estates
Ar cle 1145 Upon opening of a succession, the executor of the will is the administrator of the estate; where
no executor is designated in the will, the successors shall elect an administrator in a mely manner. Where
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