36(2)Where, upon the application for letters probate of the will of a person who at the time of the execution of the will was a member of the forces, or was a mariner or seaman at sea or in the course of a voyage, it appears that the witnesses are dead or incompetent or that the whereabouts of the witnesses, or any of them, are unknown, the Court may accept such evidence as it considers satisfactory as to the validity and proper execution of such will, notwithstanding anything in this Act, the rules or regulations.