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Testamentary
Causes Jurisdiction - Personal Applications
(see Rule 7 of the Rules of
the Supreme Court
(Administration and Probate
Act) 1984)
The following
directions apply to applicants desiring to obtaining grants of probate or
administration without the intervention of a practitioner:
1. An officer of a trust corporation who is authorised
to make an application for a grant of probate or administration on behalf of a
trust corporation is not required to attend before the Registrar of Probates in
person.
2. Where the applicant on a personal
application for a grant of probate or administration is not the Public Trustee
or a trust corporation the Registrar of Probates may in his discretion dispense
with the requirement that the oath, affidavit or administration bond be sworn
or executed before him.
DATED the 1st day
of November, 1993.
(David
Royle)
REGISTRAR
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