Act No. 2057

: The title of Act No. 2057 is 'An Act to Amend Section Six Hundred and Twenty of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Entitled "An Act Providing for a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," by Safeguarding More Efficiently the Authenticity of Wills.'
: Act No. 2057 amends Section Six Hundred and Twenty (Section 620) of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety.
: The main purpose is to more efficiently safeguard the authenticity of wills by defining who may be competent witnesses to the execution of a will.
: Any person of sound mind and of the age of eighteen years or more, who is not blind, deaf, or dumb, and who is able to read and write, may be a witness to the execution of a will.
: Yes, a competent witness must be at least eighteen years old.
: A person who is not of sound mind, or who is blind, deaf, or dumb, is disqualified from being a witness.
: Yes, the person must be able to read and write.
: Yes, it amends a provision within the Code of Procedure affecting the authentication process of wills.
: It was enacted by the Philippine Legislature under the authority of the United States.
: It was enacted on February 3, 1911.