WILL OF SELF-ACQUIRED PROPERTY
Execution date: __________ at __________.
I, __________, of __________, born __________, make this testamentary instrument while recording my personal-law context as __________, domicile/residence as __________, and marital status as __________.
FAMILY AND DEPENDANTS
Children/descendants: __________. Other dependants: __________.
PROPERTY AND LIABILITIES
Immovable assets: __________. Financial assets: __________. Business interests: __________. Digital assets: __________. Liabilities: __________.
PRIOR TESTAMENTARY RECORD
Prior wills/codicils: __________.
SELF-ACQUIRED PROPERTY
Property schedule: __________. Title basis: __________. Devise scope: __________.
DEVISE
I devise that property interest to __________. If that beneficiary cannot take, the substitute beneficiary is __________.
POSSESSION / ADMINISTRATION
Executor direction: __________.
ADMINISTRATION BASELINE
Specific bequests: __________. Residuary plan: __________. Residuary beneficiaries: __________. Substitute beneficiaries: __________. Minor-beneficiary position: __________. Debts/taxes/expenses: __________.
LEGAL BASIS
Punjab: Sections 59 and 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 govern testamentary capacity and execution of an unprivileged will; section 63 requires the testator's signature/mark and attestation by two or more witnesses. Section 18(e) of the Registration Act, 1908 makes registration of a will optional, and section 40 identifies who may present a will for registration. A Punjab Sub-Registrar receives a will presented during the testator's lifetime; the Revenue Department's published table, checked on 6 September 2026, puts a Will or a cancellation of a Will at a registration fee of Rs 4,000, facilitation charges of Rs 500 and the Rs 200 pasting fee that applies to every document; the table bears no date, so confirm the figure at the counter. Section 58 keeps the Act's testamentary provisions away from a Muslim's property: Muslim law governs a Muslim's will and limits a bequest to one-third of the estate without the heirs' consent, so a Muslim testator should not use this form.
Chandigarh: Sections 59 and 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 apply in the same way. Section 18(e) of the Registration Act makes registration optional and section 40 governs presentation; the Sub-Registrar, UT Chandigarh receives a will presented for registration. The Administration's published table, checked on 6 September 2026, puts a Will or a cancellation of a Will at a registration fee of Rs 200 plus a Rs 20 pasting fee. The section 58 exclusion for a Muslim testator applies in Chandigarh too.
PERSONAL DATA NOTICE
This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
The purpose of collecting personal data in this Will of Self-Acquired Property is to identify the testator, family, beneficiaries, assets, executor or witnesses and preserve the signed testamentary record.
The record will be held by __________ and may be shared only with the testator, executor, witnesses, Sub-Registrar/Registrar where registration or deposit is used, the competent court after death, and legal professionals administering the estate.
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
Testator: __________
Witness 1: __________, __________
Witness 2: __________, __________