Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Revocation or annulment of grant
A grant of representation, whether or not confirmed, may at any time be revoked or annulled if the court decides, either on applic…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Continuing trust arising
(1) If, after confirmation of the grant of letters of administration at any time there is a continuing trust and only one survivin…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Procedure where codicil discovered after grant
If, after the grant of letters of administration with the will annexed or after confirmation thereof, a codicil be discovered, it…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Errors may be rectified by court
Errors in names and descriptions, or in setting fourth the time and place of the deceased’s death, or the purpose in a limited gra…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Duty of court to give notice to holder of grant to apply for confirmation
The court shall within one year from the date of any grant of representation, give notice to the holder of the grant to apply for…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Grants not to be confirmed in certain circumstances
No grant of representation shall be confirmed until the court— (a) is satisfied that no application under Part III of this Act is…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Confirmation of grants
(1) After the expiration of a period of six months, or such shorter period as the court may direct under subsection (3), from the…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Powers of courts
Whether or not there is a dispute as to the grant, every court shall have power, before making a grant of representation— (a) exam…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Procedure after notice and objections
(1) Where a notice of objection has been lodged under subsection (1) of section 68, or no answer or no cross-application has been…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Objections to application
(1) Notice of any objection to an application for a grant of representation shall be lodged with the court, in such form as may be…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Notice of application for grant
(1) No grant of representation, other than a limited grant for collection and preservation of assets, shall be made until there ha…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Preference to be given to certain persons to administer where deceased died intestate
When a deceased has died intestate, the court shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, have a final discretion as to the perso…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Grant of administration where no executor nor residuary legatee nor representative of legatee
When there is no executor, and no residuary legatee or representative of the residuary legatee, or if every such person declines o…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Right to administration of representative of deceased residuary legatee
When a residuary legatee who has a beneficial interest survives the testator, but dies before the estate has been fully administer…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Grant of administration to universal or residuary legatee
When a deceased has made a will, but— (a) he has not appointed an executor; or (b) the only executors appointed are legally incapa…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
No grant of administration until citation issued to executor
When a person who has been appointed by a will is an executor thereof has not renounced the executorship, letters of administratio…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Discovery of codicil after grant of probate
(1) If a codicil is discovered after the grant of probate, a separate probate of that codicil may be granted to the executor, if i…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Probate where there are several executors
When several executors are appointed, probate may be granted to them all simultaneously, or at different times.
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Renunciation of executorship
Any person who has been appointed by a will as an executor thereof may, either by oral declaration before the court or by writing…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Number of administrators where there is a continuing trust
(1) Where a continuing trust arises— (a) no grant of letters of administration in respect of an intestate estate shall be made to…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Grant to body corporate
No grant of representation shall be made to a syndic or nominee on behalf of a body corporate: Provided that, where a body corpora…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
No grant to certain persons
(1) No grant of representation shall be made— (a) to any person who is a minor, or of unsound mind, or bankrupt; or (b) to more th…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
No distribution of capital before confirmation of grant
(1) No grant of representation, whether or not limited in its terms, shall confer power to distribute any capital assets, or to ma…
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Law of Succession Act CAP 160▤
Limited grants
A court may, according to the circumstances of each case, limit any grant of representation which it has jurisdiction to make, in…
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