Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 38
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No probate of letters of administration shall be granted to a lunatic or a person of unsound mind, but where any such person, if of sound mind, would be entitled to probate or letters of administration, letters of administra-tion with or without the will annexed, as the case may be, may be granted to the person to whom the care of his estate has been lawfully committed, or to such other person as to the Probate Officer seems fit, for the use and benefit of the lunatic or person of unsound mind, until he becomes of sound mind and obtains a grant to himself.
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
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