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The testator shall declare his last will to the notary and to the witnesses. The will when drawn in accordance with it and with the expression of the place, the year, the month, the day and the hour of its execution shall be read aloud in order that the testator may declare that it is in conformity with his intention. Both the testator and the witnesses may read the will themselves and the notary must inform him of this, his right.\nIf the testator and the witnesses consent the will shall be signed in the act by the testator and by the others who can do it.\nIf the testator declares that he does not know or that he cannot sign, one of the witnesses to the instrument shall do it for him at his request, or another person, and the notary shall certify to that fact. The same shall be done when some of the witnesses cannot sign.\nThe notary shall always make it appear that in his judgment the testator is of the legal capacity necessary to execute a will.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 645.