9 Subscription on behalf of blind granter or granter unable to write
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 7) | Legislation

9  Subscription on behalf of blind granter or granter unable to write

(1)     Where a granter of a document [traditional document] makes a declaration to a relevant person that he is blind or unable to write, the relevant person—

(a)     having read the document to that granter; or

(b)     if the granter makes a declaration that he does not wish him to do so, without having read it to the granter,

shall, if authorised by the granter, be entitled to subscribe it and, if it is a testamentary document, sign it as mentioned in section 3(2) of this Act,

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