[ Act No. 1934, May 20, 1909 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY FIXING EIGHTEEN YEARS AS THE MINIMUM AGE AT WHICH A PERSON MAY MAKE A WILL.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:SECTION 1. Section six hundred and fourteen of Act Numbered One hundred mid ninety is hereby amended so that the said section shall  read  as   follows:

"SEC. 614. Every person eighteen years of age or over and of sound mind may devise, bequeath, and dispose of his estate, real and personal, and of any right or interest which he has in his real or personal estate, by his last will and testament: and the words "every person" shall include married women: Provided, That no Lesal person can by will deprive a husband, or wife, or heir of such interest in his estate as the law provides shall appertain to such husband, wife, or heir, notwithstanding the execution of a will."

SEC. 2. This Aei shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, May 20, 1909.

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