Article 972Special Provisions on the Formalities of a Sealed and Notarized Will
第九百七十二条（秘密証書遺言の方式の特則）
In order for a testator who cannot speak to make a will in the form of a sealed and notarized instrument, the testator must indicate that the instrument is the testator's own will and state the full name and address of the person that wrote it through an interpreter or write the same on the closed and sealed instrument in the testator's own hand before the notary and witnesses, in lieu of the making the statement referred to in Article 970, paragraph (1), item (iii).
口がきけない者が秘密証書によって遺言をする場合には、遺言者は、公証人及び証人の前で、その証書は自己の遺言書である旨並びにその筆者の氏名及び住所を通訳人の通訳により申述し、又は封紙に自書して、第九百七十条第一項第三号の申述に代えなければならない。
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the testator offers a statement through an interpreter, the notary must write an indication of this on the closed and sealed instrument.
前項の場合において、遺言者が通訳人の通訳により申述したときは、公証人は、その旨を封紙に記載しなければならない。
In a case as referred to in paragraph (1), if the testator writes on the closed and sealed instrument in the testator's own hand, the notary must write an indication of this on the closed and sealed instrument in lieu of writing the statement as prescribed in Article 970, paragraph (1), item (iv).
第一項の場合において、遺言者が封紙に自書したときは、公証人は、その旨を封紙に記載して、第九百七十条第一項第四号に規定する申述の記載に代えなければならない。