Probate and Administration Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VI · Sealing of Grants Made by British Courts Outside Brunei
Section 79
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Probate Officer shall, before sealing a probate or Conditions to be fulfilled letters of administration under this Part, be satisfied -
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;
before
that estate duty has been paid or postpone-ment of payment allowed in respect of so much, if any, of the estate as is liable to estate duty in
Brunei; and
in the case of letter of administration, that security has been given in a sum sufficient in amount to cover the property, if any, in Brunei to which the letters of administration relate, and may require such evidence, if any, as he thinks fit as to the domicile of the deceased person.
letters of administration
"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 this Act
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;
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