Chap. 90.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section num-
bered 5229-a, to make certain changes in the requisites for proof of formalities
of execution of wills under certain circumstances. [H 98]

Approved February 29, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered fifty-two hundred twenty-nine-a, as follows:

Section 5229-a. Presumption of formal execution of wills made by
persons in military service-—A testamentory paper executed subsequent
to October first, nineteen hundred forty by a person in the military service
of the United States as defined by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Act
of nineteen hundred forty, as now in force or hereafter amended, while in
such service, purporting on its face to be witnessed as required by Section
fifty-two hundred twenty-nine of the Code of Virginia, upon proof of
the signature of the testator by any two disinterested witnesses, shall be
presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have been exe-
cuted in accordance with the requirements of that section and shall be ad-
mitted to probate in like manner and with like effect as if the formalities
of execution were duly and regularly proved.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.