Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 36
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where an infant is sole executor of any deceased person, administration with the will annexed shall be granted to the guardian of such infant, or to such other person as the Probate Officer may think fit until such infant has ceased to be an infant, at which period, and not before, probate of the will shall be granted to him, if he is of sound mind and not suffering from any legal disability and is will-ing to act.
Probate and Administration
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 person to whom such administration is granted shall until such infant has ceased to be an infant have the same powers vested in him as if probate had been granted to him in his own right.
Terms defined in this Act
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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