The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by him establishing that the requirements of this Act for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate must be substantially in the following form:

CERTIFICATE
(Convention of October 26, 1973)

1. I, ………………. (name, address, and capacity), a

    
person authorized to act in connection with international wills,
2. certify that on ………….. (date) at
    
………………. (place)
3. 
    
(testator)………………………………………… (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses
4. (a) …………… (name, address, date and place of
    
birth) and
    (b) …………… (name, address, date and place of
    
birth) has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof.
5. I furthermore certify that:
6. (a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 10/5


    (1) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged
    
his signature previously affixed;
    *(2) following a declaration of the testator stating that
    
he was unable to sign his will for the following reason……………….., I have mentioned this declaration on the will;
    *and the signature has been affixed by ………….
    
(name and address);
7. (b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;
8. *(c) each page of the will has been signed by
    
…………. and numbered;
9. (d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the
    
testator and of the witnesses as designated above;
10. (e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as
    
such according to the law under which I am acting;
11. *(f) the testator has requested me to include the
    
following statement concerning the safekeeping of his will:
……………………………………………………..
12. PLACE OF EXECUTION
13. DATE
14. SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL
     *to be completed if appropriate