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Codicil to a Will

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₹399 · GST included

₹399

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Also called

  • Codicil
  • Codicil to Will
  • Codicil Deed
  • Supplement to Will
  • Amendment to Will
  • Will Amendment Deed
  • Second Codicil
  • वसीयत में संशोधन (Vasiyat mein Sanshodhan)

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One or two narrow changes to a signed will — swap an executor, correct a name/address, add a bequest, delete one clause — without rewriting it; read with the will, which must still exist. Not for 3+ changes or the residuary clause (make a fresh will instead); not to revoke entirely; not if you can't state which clause changes. Not for Muslims (personal law governs), privileged wills, or doubtful capacity.

See stamp duty, registration and witnesses

What follows is the position for this kind of document. The amount is set by the state the property is in and it changes, so the figure for your own state is worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office before you pay anything.

Stamp duty

No stamp duty — a will/codicil isn't chargeable in any state (Sched. I; s.2(24) excludes a will from 'settlement'), even for crore-value property. Plain paper. Exemption covers only the codicil — an actual lifetime transfer (gift, release, settlement) IS chargeable ad valorem.

Registration

Optional (s.17 doesn't require it; s.18(e) allows it). An unregistered codicil validly amends even a registered will. s.23's 4-month rule excludes wills; s.27 allows presentation any time, including after death by the executor. Small flat fee, not ad valorem. Gives a record and date, not proof of validity.

Notarisation

Not required, adds nothing to validity — what matters is the signature plus two witnesses under s.63. A notary's seal substitutes for neither; to count as a witness the notary must sign the attestation block, having seen you sign, taking no benefit (s.67).

Witnesses

Two minimum (s.63(c)) — each sees the testator sign or gets personal acknowledgment, then signs in the testator's presence; have all three together. NEVER a beneficiary or their spouse (s.67 voids that gift, including in the original will). An executor may witness (s.68) only if taking nothing under the will/codicil.

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First CODICIL TO THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Kamala Devi Sharma

I, Kamala Devi Sharma, wife of Late Shri Ramesh Chandra Sharma, aged 74 years, retired schoolteacher by occupation, resident of C-14, Second Floor, Anand Niketan, New Delhi 110021, holding an Aadhaar card bearing No. ABCDE1234F (the "Testator"), being of sound mind, memory and understanding, and executing this instrument of my own free will, without coercion, undue influence, fraud or misrepresentation of any kind, DO HEREBY MAKE AND DECLARE this to be the First Codicil to my last Will and Testament.

1. THE WILL THIS CODICIL AMENDS

I made my last Will and Testament dated 1 April 2026, consisting of 4 pages, each page bearing my signature (my "said Will"). This Codicil is to be read together with my said Will as one testamentary disposition.

My said Will was registered as Document No. 3421 in Book No. 3, Volume 122 in the office of the Sub-Registrar IV, Defence Colony, New Delhi. I record that the fact of registration does not prevent me from altering my said Will by this Codicil.

My said Will has not been revoked by me. It remains my last Will, subject only to the alterations made by this Codicil and by any earlier codicil of mine that has not been revoked.

My reason for making this Codicil is as follows: My son-in-law named as executor has relocated permanently to Canada and can no longer administer my estate conveniently.

2. THE ALTERATIONS I NOW MAKE

Each alteration below takes effect exactly as stated and no further. Where wording is reproduced in quotation marks under an alteration, that quoted wording, and nothing else, is the provision which my said Will is thereafter to be read as containing. Where an alteration revokes a clause and no such quoted wording follows it, that clause is deleted and nothing is substituted in its place.

Clause 6(b) (the bequest of the Pune flat) of my said Will is hereby revoked in its entirety.

In place of the clause so revoked, my said Will shall from the date of this Codicil be read as containing the following provision:

"I give and bequeath my flat at Flat 802, Suvarna Residency, Baner Road, Pune 411045, to my daughter Anjali Sharma absolutely."

Further, Clause 9 (appointment of executor) of my said Will is hereby revoked in its entirety.

In place of the clause so revoked, my said Will shall from the date of this Codicil be read as containing the following provision:

"X"

Further, Clause 11 (the specific gift of jewellery) of my said Will is hereby revoked in its entirety.

In place of the clause so revoked, my said Will shall from the date of this Codicil be read as containing the following provision:

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