Punjab: Section 63(c) of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 states the attestation requirements for an unprivileged will. Section 281 requires a probate petition to be verified by at least one witness to the will when procurable. This declaration is retained for the estate/court file; if a court requires sworn evidence, the witness must use the court-directed affidavit/evidence procedure. No statutory fee or appeal route attaches to this standalone declaration.
Chandigarh: Sections 63(c) and 281 apply in the same way. The declaration may support a District Court testamentary proceeding or registration-related record but does not itself register or prove the will conclusively. No statutory fee or appeal route attaches to this standalone declaration.
PERSONAL DATA NOTICE
This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
The purpose of collecting personal data in this witness declaration is to identify the attesting witness and record the execution facts personally observed for the identified will.
If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.
Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.