Section 276: Service person's wills: special provisions

(1) A will made by a person subject to service law under this Act shall be valid for disposing of any money or personal property which is due or belongs to him at his demise if it is in writing and signed or acknowledged by him in the presence of, and in his presence attested by one witness, being an officer of the Forces or any government medical officer.
(2) A will made under subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed well made for the purpose of being admitted to probate, and the person taking out representation to the testator under that will shall exclusively be deemed the testator's representative with respect to the money or personal property thereby bequeathed.
(3) An officer of the Armed Forces or of the Accountant-General or a public department, having in his or its charge or control any pay, accumulation of pay, gratuity or other allowance or fund or any personal property or money belonging to the testator-
(a) not exceeding in the aggregate the value of five thousand naira, may pay or deliver the same to any person entitled to produce probate of or administration under the will, although probate or administration may not have been taken out;
(b) exceeding five thousand naira, shall require probate or administration to be taken out before paying or delivering the said money and effects to the legal representative of the deceased.