Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part II
Section 5
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Probate Officer shall have, subject to the provi-sions of this Act or any other written law relating to the probate and administration of the estates of deceased per-sons, the same powers and his grants and orders the same effect in Brunei, and in relation to the estates in Brunei of
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;
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deceased persons, as the High Court in England in its prob-ate jurisdiction:
Provided that the Probate Officer shall have no jurisdic-tion to entertain any probate matter which would not be classified as non-contentious or common from probate busi-ness, except such matters as may be prescribed by the Chief
Justice in an order published in the Gazette.
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Probate
Officer to be a corporation sole
Jurisdiction of Probate
Officer
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
Part VI
Sealing of Grants Made by British Courts Outside Brunei
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