Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VI · Part VI.
Section 27
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A grant of probate shall not be issued unless -
probate
"probate" and "letters of administration" include confirmation in Scotland, and any instrument hav-ing in any other part of the Commonwealth the same effect which under English law is given to probate and letters of administration respectively;
the original will or, if the will has already been proved in a foreign country, a true copy thereof, certified by the foreign authority, has been deposited with the Probate Officer;
the Probate Officer is satisfied either-
that the will was signed at its foot or end by the testator, or by some other person for him in his presence and at his direction, that the testator's signature was made or acknow-ledged in the presence of at least 2 witnesses, both being present at the same time, and that 19
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that the will was signed by the testator or by some other person for him in his presence and at his direction, in the presence of a magis-trate, who subscribed his signature thereto as a witness thereof; and
where the deceased was a Muslim domiciled in Brunei that the Probate Officer is satisfied that the provisions thereof do not conflict with Muslim law as practised in Brunei.
Terms defined in s 77
probate
Defined · s 77"probate" and "letters of administration" include confirmation in Scotland, and any instrument hav-ing in any other part of the Commonwealth the same effect which under English law is given to probate and letters of administration respectively;
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Sealing of Grants Made by British Courts Outside Brunei
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