PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1898 - SECT 107
Probates and letters of administration granted in other colonies or the United Kingdom to be of like force as if granted in New South Wales on being resealed
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1898 - SECT 107
Probates and letters of administration granted in other colonies or the United Kingdom to be of like force as if granted in New South Wales on being resealed
107 Probates and letters of administration granted in other colonies or the
United Kingdom to be of like force as if granted in New South Wales on being
resealed
(1) When any probate or letters of administration already granted or hereafter
to be granted by any court of competent jurisdiction in any portion of Her
Majesty's dominions is or are produced to and a copy thereof deposited with
the Registrar by any person being the executor or administrator therein named,
or by any person duly authorised by power of attorney in that behalf under the
hand and seal of such executor or administrator therein named, or by any
person duly authorised by power of attorney in that behalf under the hand and
seal of such executor or administrator such probate or letters of
administration may be sealed with the seal of the Court.
(2) When so sealed
such probate or letters of administration shall have the like force and effect
and the same operation in New South Wales, and every executor and
administrator thereunder shall perform the same duties and be subject to the
same liabilities as if such probate or administration had been originally
granted by the Court.
(3) The Court may require any such executor or
administrator or person authorised as aforesaid to give security for the due
administration of the estate in respect of matters or claims in New South
Wales.
(4) For the purposes of this Division the word
"executor" shall be deemed to include executor by representation.
