1 Le testament peut être fait en la forme orale, lorsque, par suite de circonstances extraordinaires, le disposant est empêché de tester dans une autre forme; ainsi, en cas de danger de mort imminent, de communications interceptées, d’épidémie ou de guerre.
2 Le testateur déclare ses dernières volontés à deux témoins, qu’il charge d’en dresser ou faire dresser acte.
3 Les causes d’incapacité des témoins sont les mêmes que pour le testament public.
1 The oral will, including the place, day, month and year, must be written down immediately by one of the witnesses, then signed by both and lodged without delay with a judicial authority together with a declaration that the testator was in full possession of his or her testamentary capacity and that he or she informed them of his or her will in the special circumstances prevailing at that time.
2 The two witnesses may instead have the will recorded by a judicial authority along with the same declaration.
3 If the testator makes his or her oral will while on military service, an officer with the rank of captain or higher may take the place of the judicial authority.
Ceci n’est pas une publication officielle. Seule la publication opérée par la Chancellerie fédérale fait foi. Ordonnance sur les publications officielles, OPubl.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.