Section 4 — Person capable of making will Central Act XXXIX of 1925

Meghalaya Succession to Self Acquired Property Khasi and Jaintia Special Provision Act, Act No. 8 of 1986 · Free to read

On and after the commencement of this Act and notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 or customs, it shall be lawful for a Khasi and Jaintia of sound mind, not being a minor, to dispose of his self-acquired property by will.

Explanation:- 1. A person who is deaf or dumb or blind is not thereby incapacitated for making a will if he is able to know what he does, by it.

Explanation:- 2. A person who is ordinarily insane may make a will during an interval in which he is of sound mind.

Explanation:- 3. No person can make a will while he is in such a state of mind, whether arising from intoxication or from illness or from any other cause, that he does not know what he is doing.