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All wills and codicils made on or after the date of ~xecution,! the commencement of this Act within the '[State of willsand Tamil Nadu], and all such wills and codicils made codicils. outaide the =[mid State] so far as relate to immovable property situated wikhin the %[said State], must be executed according to the following rules :- 1st.-The testator shall sign or shall affix his mark to the will, or it shall be signed by some other person in his presence and by his direction. 2nd.-The signature or mark of the testator, or the signature of the person signing for him, shall be so placed that it shall appear that it was intended thereby to give effect to the writing as a will. 3rd.-The will shall be attested by two or more witnesses, each of whom must have seen the testator, sign or a& his mark to the will, or have seen some other person sign the will in the presence and by the direction of the testator, or have received from the testator a personal acknowledgment of his signature or mark, or of the signature of such other person ; and each of the witnesses must sign thc will in the prescrloe of the testator, but it shall not be necessary that' more than one witness be present at the shme time, and no particular form of attestation shall be necessary. 1 This expression was substituted for the expression " Presidency of Madras " by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, w&h was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969. a These words were substituted for the words "said Presidency" by paragraph 4 of, and the Sche,dule to, iid. Lncorpora- tion of pepera by referenoe. Witness not disqualified by intsrest or by being exooutor. Revocation of will or codicil. l ffeo t of obliteration, interlinea- tion or alteration in a will. Revival of e will or codicil. Wills (aalabar) . [I898 : .I'.N. Aet l?