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Article 969-2Special Provisions on the Formalities of a Notarial Will

第九百六十九条の二(公正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 notarial instrument, the testator must give a statement as to the tenor of the will through an interpreter, or in the testator's own hand, before the notary and witnesses, in lieu of the oral instructions referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article.

口がきけない者が公正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、遺言の趣旨を通訳人の通訳により申述し、又は自書して、前条第一項第二号の口授に代えなければならない。

If a notarial instrument is prepared according to the formalities prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the notary must state or record that fact in the instrument.

公証人は、前項に定める方式に従って公正証書を作ったときは、その旨をその証書に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。

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