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closed with a seal without the co-operation of the court, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred yen.

1108.

A testator may by his will appoint one or more executors or commit such appointment to a third person.

A third person to whom such an appointment is committed must without delay make the appointment and notify the heirs thereof.

If a third person to whom the appointment is committed desires to refuse such commission, he must without delay give notice thereof to the heirs.

1109.

An executor of a will must after he has declared his willingness to accept the position, begin at once the performance of his duties.

1110.

Any heir or any other person interested may fix a reasonable time within which the executor must declare whether he will accept or not. If the executor does not make a declaration to the heirs within the time fixed, he is deemed to have accepted.

1111.

An incapacitated person or a person who has been adjudged bankrupt cannot be an executor.

1112.

If there is or afterwards comes to be no executor,

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