(1) A will made in accordance with section 2249, section 2250 or section 2251 is deemed not to have been made if three months have passed since it was made and the testator is still alive.
(2) The beginning and the running of the period are suspended for as long as the testator is incapable of making a will before a notary.
(3) If, in the case provided for by section 2251, the testator sets off on a new sea voyage before the expiry of the period, the period is interrupted with the effect that at the end of the new voyage the entire period starts to run from the beginning.
(4) Where after the expiry of the period the testator is declared dead, or where the time of their death is established in accordance with the provisions of the Missing Persons Act (Verschollenheitsgesetz), the will remains effective if the period had not yet ended at the time when, according to available information, the testator was still alive.