ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Law of Succession Act
20. Effect of obliteration, interlineation or alteration in will
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
20. Effect of obliteration, interlineation or alteration in will
(1)No obliteration, interlineation or other alteration made in a written will after the execution thereof shall have any effect unless the alteration is signed and attested as a written will is required to be under section 11:Provided that a will as so altered shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses is made in the margin or on some other part of the will opposite or near to the alteration, or is referred to in a memorandum written at the end or some other part of the will and so signed and attested.(2)Where a typewritten or printed will purports to have been executed by the filling in of any blank spaces, there shall be a presumption that the will has been duly executed.