Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part I · Preliminary
Section 3
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may by notification in the Gazette appoint fit and proper persons to be Deputy Probate Officers and Assistant Probate
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;
Officers.
Every Deputy Probate Officer and Assistant
Probate Officer shall be subject to the directions of the
Probate Officer and shall exercise such of the powers and duties conferred on and imposed upon the Probate Officer as may be specified in the said notification or in any other notification amending the same.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of a Depu-ty Probate Officer or of an Assistant Probate Officer may
Probate and Administration require that such decision be confirmed by the Probate
Officer who may confirm or rescind the same or substitute therefor any decision which could lawfully be given in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
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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Rules for Administration of Property
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Sealing of Grants Made by British Courts Outside Brunei
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