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Article 979Will of a Person Aboard a Ship in Distress

第九百七十九条(船舶遭難者の遺言)

If a ship is in distress, a person rapidly approaching death aboard that ship may make a will orally in the presence of at least two witnesses.

船舶が遭難した場合において、当該船舶中に在って死亡の危急に迫った者は、証人二人以上の立会いをもって口頭で遺言をすることができる。

In order for a testator who cannot speak to make a will pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the testator must do so through an interpreter.

口がきけない者が前項の規定により遺言をする場合には、遺言者は、通訳人の通訳によりこれをしなければならない。

A will made according to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is not valid unless a witness transcribes the tenor thereof and signs and affixes the witness' seal to the transcription, and is also not valid without being declared so by the family court, as requested without delay by one of the witnesses or an interested party.

前二項の規定に従ってした遺言は、証人が、その趣旨を筆記して、これに署名し、印を押し、かつ、証人の一人又は利害関係人から遅滞なく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 provisions of Article 976, paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第九百七十六条第五項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。

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