(1) Any person may deposit a will in the office of the registrar.
(2) Any will deposited in the office of the registrar must be in a sealed envelope which has written on it—
(a) the testator's name and address (as they appear in the will); and
(b) the name and address (as they appear in the will) of any executor; and
(c) the date of the will; and
(d) the name of the person depositing the will—
and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
S. 5A(3) amended by No. 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 3.1)
(3) No fee is payable in respect of any will deposited with the registrar if the deposit is made because a legal practitioner has died, or has ceased, or is about to cease, practising in Victoria.
S. 5B
inserted by No. 10/1994
s. 5.