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A Will must be in writing unless it is a privileged Will (IHTM12046) but no special form of words is required. It can be hand-written or typed

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp testator or testatrix (IHTM12001) must sign the Will. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp courts will accept as a signature whatever mark was intended to be their signature, and this can include a cross or other mark. Normally the signature is made at the end of the Will but if the Will is signed elsewhere it can still be valid.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp testator or testatrix must intend to give effect to the Will by signing it.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp testator or testatrix’s signature must be witnessed by at least two witnesses. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy must both be present at the same time when the testator or testatrix signs the Will. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp witnesses must acknowledge the signature in the presence of the testator or testatrix though not necessarily in the presence of each other.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp position of the witnessesâ€� signatures does not matter. But if the signatures are not on the same paper as the Will they must be on a paper physically connected with it.