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On and after the commencement of this Act and notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 or customs, it shall be lawful for a Khasi and Jaintia of sound mind, not being a minor, to dispose of his self-acquired property by will. Explanation:- 1. A person who is deaf or dumb or blind is not thereby incapacitated for making a will if he is able to know what he does, by it. Explanation:- 2. A person who is ordinarily insane may make a will during an interval in which he is of sound mind. Explanation:- 3. No person can make a will while he is in such a state of mind, whether arising from intoxication or from illness or from any other cause, that he does not know what he is doing.