Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 33
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Probate of letters of administration shall not be granted to any person outside Brunei.
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;
If-
the person entitled to probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, is absent from
Brunei; and
there is no other person present in Brunei who is equally entitled to such probate or letters of administration and who is willing and competent to act, then probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, may be granted to the lawfully appointed attorney of the person mentioned in paragraph, (a).
An attorney holding probate or letters of admi-nistration shall be subject to the same liabilities in all re-spects as an executor or administrator in his own right.
Terms defined in s 77
letters of administration
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;
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