5(1)A member of the Canadian Forces while placed on active service pursuant to the National Defence Act, chapter N-4 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or a member of any other naval, land or air force while on active service, or a mariner or a seaman when at sea or in the course of a voyage, may make a will by a writing signed by him or by some other person in his presence and by his direction without any further formality or any requirement of the presence of or attestation of signature by a witness.

5(2)For the purpose of this section a certificate signed by or on behalf of an officer purporting to have custody of the records of the force in which a person was serving at the time the will was made setting out that the person was on active service at that time, is sufficient proof of that fact.

5(3)For the purposes of this section if a certificate under subsection (2) is not available, a member of a naval, land or air force is deemed to be on active service after he has taken steps under the orders of a superior officer preparatory to serving with or being attached to or seconded to a component of such a force that has been placed on active service.

5(1)A member of the Canadian Forces while placed on active service pursuant to the National Defence Act, chapter N-4 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or a member of any other naval, land or air force while on active service, or a mariner or a seaman when at sea or in the course of a voyage, may make a will by a writing signed by him or by some other person in his presence and by his direction without any further formality or any requirement of the presence of or attestation of signature by a witness.

5(2)For the purpose of this section a certificate signed by or on behalf of an officer purporting to have custody of the records of the force in which a person was serving at the time the will was made setting out that the person was on active service at that time, is sufficient proof of that fact.

5(3)For the purposes of this section if a certificate under subsection (2) is not available, a member of a naval, land or air force is deemed to be on active service after he has taken steps under the orders of a superior officer preparatory to serving with or being attached to or seconded to a component of such a force that has been placed on active service.