An oral will remains one of the most commonly employed forms of testamentary disposition in practice. Owing to the overly liberal formulation of the requirements governing its validity and effectiveness, it is particularly susceptible to manipulation: instances of forgery and distortion are frequent, and in some cases the very expression of the testator’s intent concerning the disposition of property upon death is effectively fabricated. Despite recurring de lege ferenda proposals within the doctrine advocating the repeal of Article 952 of the Polish Civil Code, the advanced progress of legislative work on the amendment of the provisions governing testamentary form indicates that the oral will, as a special will, is likely to be preserved. The criticisms directed at the existing normative framework have prompted a thorough modification of the requirements for both the validity and the effectiveness of an oral will. The circumstances permitting the making of such a will have been restricted, and the mechanisms for establishing its content have been significantly altered. The possibility of making an oral will, will be restricted to cases arising from extraordinary and sudden circumstances as a result of which compliance with an ordinary form of will is either impossible or excessively hindered, while a fear of the testator’s imminent death exists concurrently. The content of such a will is to be established by the reduction of the testator’s declaration to writing by one of the witnesses and by its subsequent signature by the witnesses and the testator themselves. An entirely novel element will consist in allowing the testator’s declaration to be recorded on a durable data storage medium by means of a device capable of recording both image and sound.