Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 31
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever an executor appointed in a will survives the testator but dies without having taken probate, or, hav-ing been cited to take probate, does not appear to such citation, the right of such person in respect of the execu-torship shall wholly cease, and the representation of the testator and the administration of his estate shall go, de-volve and be committed in like manner as if such person had not been appointed executor.
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;
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;
Part IV
Rules for Administration of Property
Part VI
Sealing of Grants Made by British Courts Outside Brunei
Part VII