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Application to Deposit a Will With the Registrar

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  1. The testator
  2. Family and domicile
  3. The estate
  4. The bequests
  5. Witnesses and execution
  6. Depositing the will

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The testator

For example: Harpreet Singh

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For example: 05 December 1948

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APPLICATION TO DEPOSIT A WILL WITH THE REGISTRAR

Application date: __________ at __________.

Testator: __________, __________, born __________, domicile __________, personal-law context __________. Registrar office: __________.

Deposit mode: __________. Sealed-cover marking: __________. Contents statement: __________.

TESTAMENTARY IDENTIFIERS

Marital status: __________. Children: __________. Dependants: __________. Assets: __________; __________; __________; __________. Liabilities: __________. Prior wills: __________. Bequests: __________. Residue: __________, __________; substitutes __________; minor status __________; expenses __________;

Attesting witnesses to the will: __________, __________; __________, __________.

REQUEST

Please receive the sealed cover for deposit under section 42 of the Registration Act, 1908 and issue the office acknowledgment prescribed by your procedure.

LEGAL BASIS

Punjab: Section 42 of the Registration Act, 1908 permits a testator or duly authorised agent to deposit the will in sealed cover with any Registrar; sections 43 to 46 govern custody, withdrawal and opening after death. The Registrar, Punjab registration department, receives the deposit. The current Punjab deposit fee and administrative processing period were not confirmed from the sources used. A Registrar-office refusal/administrative issue should be addressed through the Registration Act and departmental supervisory process; a specific statutory appeal section for refusal to accept a section 42 deposit was not confirmed.

Chandigarh: Sections 42 to 46 apply through the Registrar, UT Chandigarh. The current deposit fee and processing period were not confirmed. A specific statutory appeal section for refusal to accept a section 42 sealed-will deposit was not confirmed from the sources used.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The purpose of collecting personal data in this will-deposit application is to identify the testator or authorised agent, mark the sealed will correctly and create the statutory custody record with the Registrar.

The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with the testator/agent and Registrar while the testator is alive, and with the persons lawfully entitled to the deposited will after death under the Registration Act procedure.

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.

A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.

Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.

Personal-data instruction: __________.

SIGNATURE

Depositing Testator / Authorised Agent: __________

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APPLICATION TO DEPOSIT A WILL WITH THE REGISTRAR

Application date: __________ at __________.

Testator: __________, __________, born __________, domicile __________, personal-law context __________. Registrar office: __________.

Deposit mode: __________. Sealed-cover marking: __________. Contents statement: __________.

TESTAMENTARY IDENTIFIERS

Marital status: __________. Children: __________. Dependants: __________. Assets: __________; __________; __________; __________. Liabilities: __________. Prior wills: __________. Bequests: __________. Residue: __________, __________; substitutes __________; minor status __________; expenses __________;

Attesting witnesses to the will: __________, __________; __________, __________.

REQUEST

Please receive the sealed cover for deposit under section 42 of the Registration Act, 1908 and issue the office acknowledgment prescribed by your procedure.

LEGAL BASIS

Punjab: Section 42 of the Registration Act, 1908 permits a testator or duly authorised agent to deposit the will in sealed cover with any Registrar; sections 43 to 46 govern custody, withdrawal and opening after death. The Registrar, Punjab registration department, receives the deposit. The current Punjab deposit fee and administrative processing period were not confirmed from the sources used. A Registrar-office refusal/administrative issue should be addressed through the Registration Act and departmental supervisory process; a specific statutory appeal section for refusal to accept a section 42 deposit was not confirmed.

Chandigarh: Sections 42 to 46 apply through the Registrar, UT Chandigarh. The current deposit fee and processing period were not confirmed. A specific statutory appeal section for refusal to accept a section 42 sealed-will deposit was not confirmed from the sources used.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The purpose of collecting personal data in this will-deposit application is to identify the testator or authorised agent, mark the sealed will correctly and create the statutory custody record with the Registrar.

The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with the testator/agent and Registrar while the testator is alive, and with the persons lawfully entitled to the deposited will after death under the Registration Act procedure.

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.

A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.

Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.

Personal-data instruction: __________.

SIGNATURE

Depositing Testator / Authorised Agent: __________

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