Section 16:
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
16. Notarial deeds to be drawn up before witnesses
Every notarial deed containing a donation inter vivos or a donation
between husband and wife during their marriage, a revocation of a donation
or a will, an acknowledgment of natural children, or a power of attorney
to make such donation, revocation or acknowledgment shall be, under pain
of nullity of the deed, read to and signed by the parties, in presence of 2
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notaries or one notary and 2 witnesses able to sign their names and residing
in Mauritius.
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Questions this section answers
- Does a will have to be signed in front of witnesses to be valid?
- How many witnesses are needed for a donation between husband and wife?