If a person who is rapidly approaching death due to illness or any other reason seeks to make a will, that person may do so in the presence of not less than three witnesses by giving oral instructions as to the tenor of the person's will to one of the witnesses. The person receiving the oral instructions in such a case must transcribe them and read back the transcription for the testator and other witnesses to hear or have them inspect it, and then sign the transcription and affix the person's own seal thereto after each of the witnesses has confirmed its accuracy.
疾病その他の事由によって死亡の危急に迫った者が遺言をしようとするときは、証人三人以上の立会いをもって、その一人に遺言の趣旨を口授して、これをすることができる。この場合においては、その口授を受けた者が、これを筆記して、遺言者及び他の証人に読み聞かせ、又は閲覧させ、各証人がその筆記の正確なことを承認した後、これに署名し、印を押さなければならない。
In order for a testator who cannot speak to make a will pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the testator must state the tenor of the will through an interpreter before the witnesses in lieu of the oral instructions referred to in that paragraph.
If the testator or one of the other witnesses as referred to in the latter clause of paragraph (1) is deaf, the person receiving the oral instructions or statement as to the tenor of the person's will may convey the details of the transcription prescribed in that clause to the testator or other witness through an interpreter in lieu of reading it back for the person to hear as referred to in that clause.
A will made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs is not valid unless declared so by the family court, as requested by one of the witnesses or an interested party within twenty days of the creation of the will.
前三項の規定によりした遺言は、遺言の日から二十日以内に、証人の一人又は利害関係人から家庭裁判所に請求してその確認を得なければ、その効力を生じない。
The family court may not issue a declaratory judgment that a will as referred to in the preceding paragraph captures the true intention of the testator unless it has the abiding conviction that such is the case.
家庭裁判所は、前項の遺言が遺言者の真意に出たものであるとの心証を得なければ、これを確認することができない。