Section 191. Property transferable by gift made in contemplation of death

(iii) A, being ill, and in expectation of death, puts aside certain articles in separate parcels and marks upon the parcels respectively the names of B and C. The parcels are not delivered during the life of A. A, dies of the illness during which he set aside the parcels. B and C are not entitled to the contents of the parcels. (2) A gift is said to be made in contemplation of death where a man, who is ill and expects to die shortly of his illness, delivers, to another the possession: of any moveable property to keep as a gift in case the donor shall die of that illness. CHAPTER XXIII.— Of Gifts in Contemplation of Death 191. Property transferable by gift made in contemplation of death.— (1) A man may dispose, by gift made in contemplation of death, of any moveable property which he could dispose of by will.