Any declaration of transfer by death, made by the heirs, donees and legatees, their tutors, curators or legal administrators shall end with a statement as follows:
“…. The declarant affirms that this declaration is sincere and true; he further affirms, under the penalties laid down by Article 1837 of the General Tax Code, that this declaration includes cash, debts and any other French or foreign securities which, to its knowledge, belonged to the deceased, either in whole or in part”.
When the declarant states that he does not know how to sign or cannot sign, the statement prescribed in the first paragraph is read out to him, as well as the aforementioned article 1837 and the Articles L. 230 and L. 231 of the Book of Tax Procedures relating to criminal proceedings in the event of fraudulent assertion. Certification is made, at the foot of the declaration, that this formality has been completed and that the declarant has affirmed the complete accuracy of his declaration.